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Note: A message "No drivers were found" might be displayed, indicating that your server does not have a mass storage device driver installed. To install a mass storage device driver, connect a USB storage device that contains the required RAID controller driver and click Load Driver. • If you want to use the entire hard disk drive as one primary partition, select Disk 0 Unallocated Space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system and then click Next. After the setup process finishes, a drive partition will be automatically created. • If you want to manually create a new drive partition, do the following: a. Select Disk 0 Unallocated Space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system. Then, click Drive options (advanced). b. Click New. c. Type the amount of space (in MB) for the drive partition and click Apply. Notes: - If a message is displayed, indicating that Windows cannot be installed on the drive partition you selected or created, click the message to view the minimum free space that is required for the drive partition. Ensure that the drive partition you selected or created meets the requirement. - To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows will automatically create additional partitions for system files. d. Click Next. The installation process begins. 9. When the installation process finishes, the server will restart automatically. Change your password when prompted before you log on to the server for the first time. Note: The password should have at least eight characters in length and be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 10. Type your product key to activate the operating system and continue with the initial setup tasks by following the instructions on the screen. Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system This topic contains the following information: • "Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system" on page 5 • "Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system" on page 7 • "Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on" on page 8 Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system. To install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, do the following: Notes: • Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See "Before installing an operating system" on page 1. • Before the installation, ensure that the server has at least 8 GB of system memory and 120 GB of free space on the hard disk drive for installing the operating system. 5

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Note:
A message “No drivers were found” might be displayed, indicating that your server does not have
a mass storage device driver installed. To install a mass storage device driver, connect a USB storage
device that contains the required RAID controller driver and click
Load Driver
.
• If you want to use the entire hard disk drive as one primary partition, select
Disk 0 Unallocated
Space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system and then click
Next
.
After the setup process finishes, a drive partition will be automatically created.
• If you want to manually create a new drive partition, do the following:
a.
Select
Disk 0 Unallocated Space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating
system. Then, click
Drive options (advanced)
.
b. Click
New
.
c.
Type the amount of space (in MB) for the drive partition and click
Apply
.
Notes:
– If a message is displayed, indicating that Windows cannot be installed on the drive partition you
selected or created, click the message to view the minimum free space that is required for the
drive partition. Ensure that the drive partition you selected or created meets the requirement.
– To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows will automatically create additional
partitions for system files.
d. Click
Next
. The installation process begins.
9. When the installation process finishes, the server will restart automatically. Change your password when
prompted before you log on to the server for the first time.
Note:
The password should have at least eight characters in length and be a combination of upper
case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
10. Type your product key to activate the operating system and continue with the initial setup tasks by
following the instructions on the screen.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
operating system
This topic contains the following information:
•
“Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system” on page 5
•
“Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system” on page 7
•
“Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on” on page 8
Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
operating system.
To install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, do the following:
Notes:
• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See “Before
installing an operating system” on page 1.
• Before the installation, ensure that the server has at least 8 GB of system memory and 120 GB of free
space on the hard disk drive for installing the operating system.
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