Installing A Microsoft Windows 8.1 Operating System; Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (X64) Operating System With Service Pack 1 - Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 Installation Manual

Installing a Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system

To install a Microsoft Windows 8.1 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 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 installation window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you
need and then click Next.
4. Click Install now.
5. When the "Enter the product key to activate Windows" window is displayed, type your product key and
then click Next. The product key information is available on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label
or product packaging.
6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, 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. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click New.
9. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
10. When the Windows Setup dialog box is displayed, click OK.
11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
12. In the Personalize window, personalize your server as you need and click Next.
13. When the Settings window is displayed, configure the settings as you need. The following steps are
based on the scenario that Use express settings is selected in this step.
14. When the "Your account" window is displayed, follow the instructions on the screen to configure the
settings. Then, click Finish to log in to the operating system.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) operating system
with Service Pack 1
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1
To install a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) 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.
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