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c. For Keyboard or input method, select US. 6. Click Next. 7. Click Install Now. 8. Type your product key. a. Check the Automatically activate Windows when I'm online check box and click Next. b. Scroll down and read the license agreement. c. Click I accept the license terms and click Next. 9. Select Custom (advanced). 10. When Windows Server 2008 Setup displays all hard disk storage that is available on the server, select one of the following options to choose or create a drive partition in which to install Windows Server 2008: o Allow Setup to create a partition: To partition the entire hard disk as one primary partition, highlight Disk0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install Windows Server 2008 and press Next. o Create a partition: To create a partition, highlight Disk0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install Windows Server 2008, click Drive options (advanced); then, click New. You are prompted to indicate how much available space to allocate from the nonpartitioned drive. Type the amount of space (in MB), click Apply; then, click Next. o Delete a partition. 11. Setup formats the selected partition and copies the applicable files to the drive partition. This process takes several minutes. When Windows Server 2008 Setup has completed installation, the server automatically restarts. 12. After Windows Server 2008 restarts, you will be prompted to change the administrator password before you can log on. 13. After you are logged on as the Administrator, a configuration wizard window is displayed. Use the wizard for naming and basic networking setup. 14. Next, use the Microsoft Server 2008 Roles and Features functions to setup the server to your specific needs. 4.0 Post installation instructions: Installing and updating device drivers After the installation is complete, make sure that you have the latest device drivers and firmware for the server. To install the device drivers and to identify hardware that is not functioning, open Device Manager. In Device Manager, non-functioning devices are usually listed under Other Devices and are indicated by a yellow exclamation point. To open Device Manager, complete the following steps: 1. Click Start.

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c.
For
Keyboard or input method
, select
US
.
6.
Click
Next
.
7.
Click
Install Now
.
8.
Type your product key.
a.
Check the
Automatically activate Windows when I'm online
check box
and click
Next
.
b.
Scroll down and read the license agreement.
c.
Click
I accept the license terms
and click
Next
.
9.
Select
Custom (advanced)
.
10.
When Windows Server 2008 Setup displays all hard disk storage that is available
on the server, select one of the following options to choose or create a drive
partition in which to install Windows Server 2008:
o
Allow Setup to create a partition: To partition the entire hard disk as one
primary partition, highlight
Disk0 unallocated space
for the hard disk
drive on which you want to install Windows Server 2008 and press
Next
.
o
Create a partition: To create a partition, highlight
Disk0 unallocated
space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install Windows
Server 2008, click
Drive options (advanced)
; then, click
New
. You are
prompted to indicate how much available space to allocate from the
nonpartitioned drive. Type the amount of space (in MB), click
Apply
;
then, click
Next
.
o
Delete a partition.
11.
Setup formats the selected partition and copies the applicable files to the drive
partition. This process takes several minutes.
When Windows Server 2008 Setup has completed installation, the server
automatically restarts.
12.
After Windows Server 2008 restarts, you will be prompted to change the
administrator password before you can log on.
13.
After you are logged on as the Administrator, a configuration wizard window is
displayed. Use the wizard for naming and basic networking setup.
14.
Next, use the Microsoft Server 2008 Roles and Features functions to setup the
server to your specific needs.
4.0 Post installation instructions: Installing and
updating device drivers
After the installation is complete, make sure that you have the latest device drivers and
firmware for the server. To install the device drivers and to identify hardware that is not
functioning, open Device Manager. In Device Manager, non-functioning devices are
usually listed under Other Devices and are indicated by a yellow exclamation point. To
open Device Manager, complete the following steps:
1.
Click
Start
.