Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 Installation Manual

5. Select the operating system that you want to install. Then, click Next.
Note: If you are installing the Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1,
skip this step.
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:
(Advanced) is selected in this step.
8. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Load driver.
9. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server.
10. Browse to the folder where the driver is stored, and click OK. The "Select the driver to be installed"
window is displayed.
11. 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.
12. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive options (advanced).
13. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
14. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Install Windows window is displayed.
15. Click OK.
16. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next. The
installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
17. Change your password when prompted.
Note: The password must consist of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
18. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.

Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system

This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition
To install a 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.
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 Server 2012..." 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. The product key information is available on the Microsoft
Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging.
6. Select the Windows operating system edition that you want to install. Then, click Next. The following
steps are based on the scenario that Windows Server 2012 Standard (Server with a GUI) is selected in
this step.
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