ProLiant ML150 Server NOS Installation and Software Guide

Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Small Business Server 2003
Section 1. Performing the Windows 2003 Installation
1. Boot your new server from the Windows 2003 CD-ROM.
2. For Windows Small Business Server 2003, press the Enter key to continue on
the Setup Notification screen.
3. Press the Enter key to continue on the Welcome to Setup screen.
4. Press the F8 key to accept the licensing agreement.
5. On the drives partitioning screen, select the target drive. If you want to use the
entire drive to install Windows 2003, then press the Enter key. Otherwise, press
the C key to create a partition. In this example, we will create a 4 GB partition.
a. Press the C key to create a partition.
b. At the Create partition size prompt, type
4096 and press the Enter key.
c. HP recommends that you create all the partitions needed for each hard drive
present on your system. Select unpartitioned space and press C again to
create additional partitions.
d. Select the target drive to be used to install Windows 2003. Press the Enter
key.
6. Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system and press the Enter
key.
7. Press the F key (for Windows Server 2003 only), and the installer will format
and copy files to the hard drive.
8. The system will reboot and launch the Windows 2003 graphical interface. Be
sure to remove any driver diskette before the system reboots.
9. You can now proceed through the customization of your installation using the
graphical interface.
NOTE: The network settings may need to be customized to your environment. Please refer to
Microsoft 2003 manuals should you need further details on the network settings.
10. The Installing Windows screen starts with a progress bar. It may take up to 20
minutes to complete this section.
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