Installing The Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Manual

13. When the Windows Update window is displayed, click Next.
14. Change your password when prompted, and then click Finish.
Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
15. When the message MultiPoint Server Configuration Error is displayed, press any key. The user name will
be configured as "Administrator" after your server restarts. Follow the instructions on the screen to log
in to the operating system.

Installing the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system

This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows 8 (x64 and x86)
• Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Edition (x64 and x86)
To install the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. If the message Press any key to boot from CD or DVD is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows
Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files.
3. When the Windows 8 window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you need,
and then click Next.
4. Click Install now.
5. Type your product key and then click Next.
6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next.
7. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom:
Install Windows only (Advanced) is selected in this step.
8. Depending on the configuration, do the following:
• If the server configuration is set as RAID, do the following:
a. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, connect the USB storage device that
contains the driver to your server and then click Load Driver.
b. When the Load Driver window is displayed, click Browse to go to the folder where the driver
is stored.
c. Click OK. The Select the driver to be installed window is displayed.
d. Select Hide drivers that aren't compatible with the hardware on this computer, and then
select the driver that you want to install on your server. Click Next.
• If the server configuration is set as IDE or AHCI, go to next step.
Note: If the server configuration is set as AHCI, ensure that you install AHCI drivers after operating
system installation. See "Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI" on page 43.
9. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, click Drive options (advanced).
10. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
11. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
12. In the Windows Setup window, click OK.
13. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: The server restarts several times during the installation.
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ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide