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Note: You can skip this step and launch the wizard later by clicking Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Configure Your Server Wizard. 3.4 Installing Windows Server 2008 To install Microsoft Windows Server 2008, complete the following steps: 1. Connect the server to a network as required. 2. Depending on your server, you might need to attach an external DVD reader device. 3. Turn on the server and insert the Windows Server 2008 Setup DVD into the DVD drive. 4. When you are prompted with the message "press any key to boot from cd or dvd", press any key. Windows Server 2008 Setup copies the files from the Setup DVD. Windows load the files (this process takes several minutes). 5. In the Windows Server 2008 window, select the following: a. For Language to install, select English. b. For Time and currency format, select English (United States). 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. You might be prompted to install a RAID controller (driver). If prompted, connect the USB media device containing the RAID device driver. 11. 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. 12. Setup formats the selected partition and copies the applicable files to the drive partition. This process takes several minutes.

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Note
: You can skip this step and launch the wizard later by clicking
Start,
Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Configure Your Server
Wizard
.
3.4 Installing Windows Server 2008
To install Microsoft Windows Server 2008, complete the following steps:
1.
Connect the server to a network as required.
2.
Depending on your server, you might need to attach an external DVD reader
device.
3.
Turn on the server and insert the Windows Server 2008 Setup DVD into the DVD
drive.
4.
When you are prompted with the message "press any key to boot from cd or dvd",
press any key. Windows Server 2008 Setup copies the files from the Setup DVD.
Windows load the files (this process takes several minutes).
5.
In the Windows Server 2008 window, select the following:
a.
For
Language to install
, select
English
.
b.
For
Time and currency format
, select
English (United States)
.
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.
You might be prompted to install a RAID controller (driver). If prompted, connect
the USB media device containing the RAID device driver.
11.
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.
12.
Setup formats the selected partition and copies the applicable files to the drive
partition. This process takes several minutes.