Before Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode; Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Operating System And Drivers; Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Manual

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Before installing an operating system in legacy mode

Before installing an operating system in legacy mode, do the following:
1. Perform the operations in Chapter 1. See Chapter 1 "Before installing an operating system" on page 1.
2. Start the Setup Utility program.
3. On the Advanced menu, select SATA/SAS Configuration ➙ Storage OpROM policy.
4. Select Legacy only.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system and
drivers
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and drivers:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (x64 and x86)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x64 and x86)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x64 and x86)

Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system

To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 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. When 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 required options and then click Next.
4. Click Install now.
5. Type your product key and then click Next.
6. Select the operating system that you want to install. Then, click Next.
7. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next.
8. Select the type of installation you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom:
(Advanced) is selected in this step.
9. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Load driver.
10. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server, and then go to the folder
where the driver is stored.
11. Click OK. The "Select the driver to install" window is displayed.
12. Select Hide drivers that aren't compatible with this computer's hardware, and then select the driver
that you want to install on your server. Click Next.
13. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive options (advanced).
14. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
15. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
16. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next. The
installation begins.
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