User`s guide

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Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Clean Installation

This section explains how to perform a clean installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions.

1. Power on the system.

2. Insert the Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition CD-ROM into the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive.

3. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart the system.

If a bootable operating system is installed on the hard disk drive, press Enter while the message "Press any

key to boot from CD..." is displayed at the top of the screen.

If no bootable operating system exists on the hard disk drive, this step is unnecessary.

The Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions setup screen will appear.

If the screen is not displayed, Enter was not pressed properly.

Restart the server and perform this step again.

4. Press F6 during the few seconds in which the window is in one of the following states.

– "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration ..." is displayed.

– A screen with a solid blue background is displayed.

IMPORTANT: There is no visible indication on the screen when F6 has been pressed.

5. When the following message is displayed, press S.

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices

installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.

Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s).

The following message is displayed.

Please insert the disk labeled

manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk

into Drive A:

*Press ENTER when ready.

6. Insert the Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive,

and press Enter.

A list of mass storage devices is displayed.

7. Select the proper SCSI Adapter and press Enter.

– [LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 for x64)]

8. When the following message is shown, press Enter to start "Welcome to Setup".

IMPORTANT: If you install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions on the hard disk larger

than 2,097,152MB (2TB), you can specify only a value equal to or less than 2,097,152MB

as partition size.

9. When the installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions is finished, the system reboots automatically.

10. The [Windows Setup] screen is displayed after logging on to the system.