Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Operating System With Service Pack 1 - Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 Installation Manual

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.
9. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, click Drive options (advanced).
10. Choose the hard disk drive 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.
14. Personalize the server by typing the user name, and then click Next.
15. In the Settings window, configure the settings as you need.
16. In the Your account window, configure the settings as you need. Then, click Finish and follow the
instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.
Installing the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service
Pack 1
To install the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1, 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 Enter your language and other preferences window is displayed, configure the language and
other options as you need and then click Next.
4. Click Install now.
5. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next.
6. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom:
(Advanced) is selected in this step.
7. Do one of 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.
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