–AdditionalpartitionsforsystemleswillbecreatedautomaticallytoensurethatallWindows
featuresworkcorrectly.
d.ClickNext.Theinstallationprocessbegins.
9.Whentheinstallationprocessnishes,theserverwillrestartautomatically.Changeyourpasswordwhen
promptedbeforeyoulogontotheserverforthersttime.
Note:Thepasswordshouldhaveatleasteightcharactersinlengthandbeacombinationofupper
caseletters,lowercaseletters,andnumbers.
10.Continuewiththeinitialsetuptasksbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2operating
systemoraMicrosoftWindowsMultiPointServer2011
operatingsystem
Thistopicappliestothefollowingoperatingsystems:
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2Foundation(64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2StandardEdition(64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2EnterpriseEdition(64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2FoundationwithServicePack1(64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2StandardEditionwithServicePack1(64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2EnterpriseEditionwithServicePack1(64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsMultiPoint
®
Server2011
ToinstallaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2operatingsystemoraMicrosoftWindowsMultiPointServer
2011operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.Pressanykeyonthekeyboardassoonasthemessage“PressanykeytobootfromCDorDVD”is
displayed.Then,theWindowssetupinitializationbegins.
3.WhentheInstallWindowswindowisdisplayed,congurethefollowingoptionsandthenclickNext.
•Languagetoinstall
•Timeandcurrencyformat
•Keyboardorinputmethod
4.YoumightneedtoselecttheoperationsystemeditionthatyouhavepurchasedandthenclickNext.
5.ClickInstallnow.
6.WhentheMicrosoftlicensetermsaredisplayed,selectIacceptthelicensetermsandclickNext.
7.SelectCustom(advanced).
8.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,dooneofthefollowingtoselector
createadrivepartitiononwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem:
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