Chapter 2. Installation And Running; System Requirements; Supported Operating Systems; Acronis True Image Server 8.0 For Windows Installation - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 User Manual

Chapter 2. Installation and running

2.1

System requirements

Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows requires the following hardware:
• Pentium CPU or higher
• 128 MB RAM
• floppy disk drive or CD-RW drive for bootable media creating
• mouse (recommended)
2.2

Supported operating systems

• Windows Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2000 Advanced server
• Windows 2003 Server
2.3

Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows installation

To install the Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows:
1. Insert the installation CD into your drive and start the installation procedure.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. After making your installation choices and copying of Acronis True Image Server
8.0 for Windows files onto your hard disk, you will be prompted to create a
bootable diskette or CD-R/RW (you can omit this step if you have purchased the
boxed product that contains a bootable CD). While Acronis True Image Server
8.0 for Windows creates disk images in Windows, it might be necessary to run
restoration procedure from a bootable disk. Therefore, it is strongly
recommended that you create one. However, you can do that after the
installation as well.
After installation of Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows is completed, you
should restart your server.
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