Administrator's Guide

Restoring Your Operating System 37
Restoring Your Operating System
NOTE: The names Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2,
Microsoft Windows
®
Storage Server SP1, and Microsoft Windows Storage Server R2 may be used
interchangeably during the installation procedures, in the upgrade process, on the System Properties window,
and other areas within the operating system. This is as designed by Microsoft. Refer to the Certificate of
Authentication (COA) or the Microsoft’s KB article# 915044 at www.support.microsoft.com to determine
the edition of the installed operating system.
You can restore your operating system using one of the following methods:
• Using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD
• Using the operating system CDs
The following sections provide information about restoring your operating system using these methods.
NOTE: The Remote Desktop Connection feature is not enabled by default in the operating system. This feature
will need to manually be enabled by the user during reinstallation.
Install Using the Server Management CDs
The following technical information explains how to reinstall your Microsoft
®
Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition operating system using the Dell™ PowerEdge™ Installation and Server
Management CD.
The Installation and Server Management
CD installs the standard operating system software and
the Dell-specific device drivers that are not on the operating system CDs.
NOTICE: When you reinstall a software RAID configuration, both the operating system and data partitions
will be erased. When you reinstall a hardware RAID configuration, only the operating system partition will
be erased. Dell recommends that you back up your data before you perform this procedure.
NOTE: See the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for the latest BIOS, firmware, and driver updates.
To perform a clean installation of the operating system, perform the following steps:
1
Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your system.
2 Turn on your system.
3 Insert the Installation and Server Management CD into the CD drive.