Installing The Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Operating System; Installing The Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 Operating System Installation Manual

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 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 Windows operating system edition that you want to install. Then, 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. 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, depending on the SATA configuration on your
server, do one of the following:
• If your SATA configuration is set as RAID (both onboard SATA software RAID and RAID card): do
the following:
a. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver.
b. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK.
c. 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.
• If your SATA configuration is set as IDE: go to step 9.
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI: go to step 9. Be sure to install the AHCI driver after the
operating system installation is completed, see "Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI" on page 103.
9. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive options (advanced).
10. Choose the hard disk drive to install the operating system, and then click New.
11. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
12. In the Windows Setup window, click OK.
13. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: The server restarts several times during the installation.
14. When the Settings window is displayed, set an administrator password and click Finish. When
prompted, follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard
operating system
To install the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard operating system, do the following:
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