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

Note: If you are installing the Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition, skip this step.
7. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next.
8. 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.
9. When the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window is displayed, connect the USB storage
device that contains the driver to your server. Then, click Load driver.
10. Browse to the folder where the driver is stored, and click OK. The "Select the driver to install" windows
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). Then, click
New.
13. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Windows Setup window is displayed.
14. Click OK.
15. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
16. When the Settings window is displayed, set an administrator password and click Finish. Then, follow the
instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.
Note: The password must consist of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating
system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating system and
the device drivers.
Note: Before installing this operating system, connect your server to the network.
To install the Windows Server 2012 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... 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. 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 Load driver. The Load driver window is
displayed.
9. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server, and then browse to the folder
where the driver is stored. Click OK. The "Select the driver to install" window is displayed.
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