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InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem

Thistopicappliestothefollowingoperatingsystems:

•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008Foundation(64-bit)

•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008StandardEdition(32-bitor64-bit)

•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008EnterpriseEdition(32-bitor64-bit)

ToinstallaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

Notes:

•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before

installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.

•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.

1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup

device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.

2.Pressanykeyonthekeyboardassoonasthemessage“PressanykeytobootfromCDorDVD”is

displayed.Then,theWindowssetupinitializationbegins.

3.WhentheInstallWindowswindowisdisplayed,congurethefollowingoptionsandthenclickNext.

•Languagetoinstall

•Timeandcurrencyformat

•Keyboardorinputmethod

4.ClickInstallnow.

5.TypeyourproductkeyandclickNext.TheproductkeyinformationisavailableontheMicrosoft

CerticateofAuthenticitylabelorproductpackaging.

6.WhentheMicrosoftlicensetermsaredisplayed,selectIacceptthelicensetermsandclickNext.

7.SelectCustom(advanced).

8.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,dooneofthefollowingtoselector

createadrivepartitiononwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem:

Note:Amessage“Nodriverswerefound”mightbedisplayed,indicatingthatyourserverdoesnothave

amassstoragedevicedriverinstalled.Toinstallamassstoragedevicedriver,connectaUSBstorage

devicethatcontainstherequiredRAIDcontrollerdriverandclickLoadDriver.

•Ifyouwanttousetheentireharddiskdriveasoneprimarypartition,selectDisk0Unallocated

SpacefortheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystemandthenclickNext.

Afterthesetupprocessnishes,adrivepartitionwillbeautomaticallycreated.

•Ifyouwanttomanuallycreateanewdrivepartition,dothefollowing:

a.SelectDisk0UnallocatedSpacefortheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperating

system.Then,clickDriveoptions(advanced).

b.ClickNew.

c.Typetheamountofspace(inMB)forthedrivepartitionandclickApply.

Notes:

–Ifamessageisdisplayed,indicatingthattheWindowsoperatingsystemcannotbeinstalledon

thedrivepartitionyouselectedorcreated,clickthemessagetoviewtheminimumfreespace

thatisrequiredforthedrivepartition.Ensurethatthedrivepartitionyouselectedorcreated

meetstherequirement.

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