Installing Windows Server 2008 r2

Step by Step Guide

Step 1:

Insert your USB bootable installer in your computer.

Step 2:

Restart your computer. If the computer is open, click start windows and select power button and then click restart. In another way, long press the power button of your computer and automatically restart it.

Step 3:

After that, press Del, Esc, F2, F10, or F9 when it restarts. Depending on the model of your computer, pressing one of these buttons immediately after you power on your computer will enter the system BIOS setting. But on the computer we use is by pressing Del on keyboard. But some computers tell you which button to press to enter the BIOS as the computer starts up.

Step 4:

Select the USB Flash drive installer as the priority boot device of your computer. As you can see in the pictures the system Bios Setting. Set the Boot Priority as UEFI and then select Boot menu or press F8 on your keyboard, it can also be a list of devices that you can set the order of their boot on. Choose the USB flash drive installer to set as priority boot device. Once you select the USB flash drive installer it is automatically run.

Step 5:

After that. When the computer starts, press a key if you are asked if you would like to boot from the USB flash drive by pressing any key. After you choose to start from the USB flash drive. Windows Setup will begin loading.

Step 6:

After the installer runs, the install windows screen appears. Use the drop-down menus to select your preferred language, keyboard or input method, and time/currency format, then click Next.

Step 7:

Click install now. And then the setup will begin.

Step 8:

Enter your product key then click Next. To skip entering your product key, just check the Automatically Activate Windows when I’m online then click Next and No.

Step 9:

Choose the operating system server you want to install. Some installer they have a single OS. But the installer we use is multiple type of windows server 2008 r2. Like windows server (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Standard Server Core, Enterprise Server core) but we choose windows server Standard. It is a better use windows server and then click Next.

Step 10:

Accept the License Terms. Read over the Microsoft Software License Terms. Then click the checkbox next to I accept the license terms, and click Next in the lower-right corner.

Step 11:

Select the Custom installation. This option allows you to do a clean install of Windows server 2008 r2. This will erase all your files on the installation drive.

Step 12:

Select a hard drive and partition you want to install Windows server on. A hard drive is a physical part of your computer that stores data, and partitions "divide" hard drives into separate sections. Click the hard drive or partition you want to install Windows 7 on.

If the hard drive has data on it, You'll need to use the following steps to Delete or Format the drive. Be aware that this will permanently erase all data from the disk.

o Select the hard drive from the list of hard drives.

o Click Drive options (advanced).

o Click Delete or Format all the Drive options.

o Click New then select the size divided by 2, and click Partition Primary

o And Click Next.

Step 13:

Once you've decided on where to install Windows Server, select it and click Next, but always use the Primary Partition when you install a windows server 2008. Windows will begin installing.

Step 14:

The installer prompts to change the password. Just click OK.

Step 15:

Type your password what you want and click Next. If you don't want a password, leave the text boxes blank and then click Next. But we use a default password of client as IictServer05.

Step 16:

After you click Ok on the Confirmation screen, the operation system prepares your desktop.

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2

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