Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Manual

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.
10. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, click Drive options (advanced). Then, click
New.
11. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Windows Setup window is displayed.
12. Click OK.
13. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server restarts several times during the installation.
14. When the Settings window is displayed, set an administrator password and click Finish. Then, follow
the instructions on the screen to sign in when prompted.
Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating
system
To install the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials 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 Server 2012 R2 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. 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. 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.
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