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

6. Type your product key and then click Next. The product key information is available on the Microsoft
Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging.
7. Read the applicable notices and license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, 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. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, choose the storage device to install the
operating system, and click Drive options (advanced). Then, click New.
10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Windows Setup window is displayed.
11. Click OK.
12. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
13. When the "Settings" window is displayed, type your password and click Finish. Then, follow the
instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard
operating system
To install the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard 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 Windows Server 2012 window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you
need, and then click Next.
4. Click Install now.
Note: Type your product key if prompted and then click Next. The product key information is available
on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging.
5. Select the operating system you want to install and click Next. The following steps are based on the
scenario that Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Evaluation is selected in this step.
6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next.
7. In the "Which type of installation do you want?" window, select the type of installation as you need.
Then, click Next. 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, connect the USB storage device that contains
the driver to your server and click Load Driver.
9. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK.
10. 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.
11. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive 0 Unallocated Space. Then, click
New.
12. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
13. In the Windows Setup window, click OK.
14. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
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ThinkServer RS140 Operating System Installation Guide