Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual

24. In the "That is all the information needed" window, click Next to restart the server. When the Expanding
and installing files window is displayed, the server starts installing files automatically. Your server
restarts several times. When the Installation finished window opens, the installation is completed.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium
Add-on operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
Premium Add-on operating system.
To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on 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.
Note: 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.
2. In the Installing Windows window, select the language and other options. Then, click Next.
3. Click Install now.
4. Select the operating system that you want to install, and then click Next.
5. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next.
6. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom
(Advanced) is selected in this step.
7. 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 8.
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI: go to step 8. Be sure to install the AHCI driver after the
operating system installation is completed, see "Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI" on page 35.
8. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive options (advanced).
9. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
11. In the Install Windows window, click OK.
12. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
13. Change your password when prompted.
Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
14. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted.
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