Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual

Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system

This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and the drivers:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition
To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 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.
Note: 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.
2. In the Installing Windows window, select the language and other options. Then, click Next.
3. Click Install now.
4. Type your product key and then click Next.
5. Select the operating system you want to install, and then click Next.
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, depending on the SATA configuration on
your server, do one of the following:
• If your SATA configuration is set as RAID (both onboard SATA software RAID or RAID card):
do the following:
a. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver.
b. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK.
c. In the "Select the driver to be installed" window, select Hide drivers that are not compatible
with hardware on this computer, select the driver that you want to install, and then click Next
to install the driver.
• If your SATA configuration is set as IDE: go to step 9.
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI: go to step 9. Be sure to install the AHCI driver after the
operating system installation is completed, see "Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI" on page 35.
9. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive options (advanced).
10. Select the 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. Your server
restarts several times during the installation.
14. Change your password and then click OK.
15. In Settings window, type your password and click Finish.
Note: The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower
case letters, and numbers.
16. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted.
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