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9.Beforeyoulogontotheserverforthersttime,followtheinstructionsonthescreentochangeyour
passwordwhenprompted.
Note:Thepasswordmustbeacombinationofuppercaseletters,lowercaseletters,andnumbers.
Youmightneedtheproductkeytoactivatetheoperatingsystem.
InstallingaWindows7operatingsystem
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingthefollowingoperatingsystems:
•MicrosoftWindows7ProfessionalEdition(x86andx64)
•MicrosoftWindows7UltimateEdition(x86andx64)
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallanoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhenthemessagePressanykeytobootfromcdordvd...isdisplayed,pressanykey.Themessage
Windowsisloadingles...isdisplayed,andinstallationleswillbecopiedfromthesetupDVDtoyour
server.Thisprocesstakesseveralminutes.
3.IntheInstallWindowswindow,congurethefollowingoptionsasyouneedandthenclickNext.
•Languagetoinstall
•Timeandcurrencyformat
•Keyboardorinputmethod
4.ClickInstallnow.
5.ReadthelicensetermsandclickIacceptthelicenseterms.ThenclickNext.
6.SelectCustom(Advanced)forfreshinstallation.
7.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,dooneofthefollowingtoselector
createadrivepartitioninwhichtoinstalltheoperatingsystem:
•Createapartitionautomatically:Ifyouwanttousetheentireharddiskdriveasoneprimarypartition,
selectDisk0unallocatedspacefortheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperating
systemandthenclickNext.Apartitionwillbecreatedautomatically.
•Manuallycreateapartition:Ifyouwanttocreateanewpartitionmanually,dothefollowing:
a.SelectDisk0unallocatedspacefortheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperating
system,clickDriveoptions(advanced),andthenclickNew.
b.Typetheamountofspace(inMB),andthenclickApply.
c.ClickNext.
Theselecteddrivepartitionwillbeformattedandtheapplicableleswillbecopiedtothedrivepartition.
Thisprocesstakesseveralminutes.Afterthat,theserverwillrestart.
Note:AmessageNodriveswerefoundmightbedisplayedindicatingthatyoudonothaveamass
storagedevicedriverinstalled.T oinstallamassstoragedevicedriver,connecttheUSBstoragedevice
containingtheRAIDcontrollerdrivertoyourserver,andthenselectLoadDriver.
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