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How to Install Windows Server 2008 Step by Step

Jan 8th, 2009 @ 12:00 am Daniel Petri


Installing Windows Server 2008 is pretty straightforward and is very much like installing
Windows Vista, but I thought Id list the necessary steps here for additional information.
For those of you who have never installed Vista before, the entire installation process is
different than it used to be in previous Microsoft operating systems, and notably much
easier to perform.

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Using Vistas installation routine is a major benefit, especially for a server OS.
Administrators can partition the systems hard drives during setup. More importantly,
they can install the necessary AHCI or RAID storage drivers from a CD/DVD or even a
USB thumb drive. Thus, error-prone floppies can finally be sent to the garbage bin.

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Note: Windows Server 2008 can also be installed as a Server Core installation, which is a
cut-down version of Windows without the Windows Explorer GUI. Because you dont
have the Windows Explorer to provide the GUI interface that you are used to, you
configure everything through the command line interface or remotely using a Microsoft
Management Console (MMC). The Server Core can be used for dedicated machines with
basic roles such as Domain controller/Active Directory Domain Services, DNS Server,
DHCP Server, file server, print server, Windows Media Server, IIS 7 web server and
Windows Server Virtualization virtual server. For Server Core installations please see my
Installing Windows Server 2008 Core article.

To use Windows Server 2008 you need to meet the following hardware requirements:

Component Requirement
Processor Minimum: 1GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4GHz (x64 processor)
Recommended: 2GHz or faster Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Memory Minimum: 512MB RAM Recommended: 2GB RAM or greater
Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or 64GB (Enterprise and Datacenter)
Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or 2TB (Enterprise, Datacenter and
Itanium-based Systems)
Available Disk Space Minimum: 10GB Recommended: 40GB or greater Note:
Computers with more than 16GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging,
hibernation, and dump files
Drive DVD-ROM drive
Display and Peripherals Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor
Keyboard Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Upgrade notes:

I will not discuss the upgrade process in this article, but for your general knowledge, the
upgrade paths available for Windows Server 2008 shown in the table below:

If you are currently running: You can upgrade to:


Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full
Installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full
Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full
Installation of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition
Follow this procedure to install Windows Server 2008:

1. Insert the appropriate Windows Server 2008 installation media into your DVD drive. If
you dont have an installation DVD for Windows Server 2008, you can download one for
free from Microsofts Windows 2008 Server Trial website.

2. Reboot the computer.


3. When prompted for an installation language and other regional options, make your
selection and press Next.
4. Next, press Install Now to begin the installation process.
5. Product activation is now also identical with that found in Windows Vista. Enter your
Product ID in the next window, and if you want to automatically activate Windows the
moment the installation finishes, click Next.
If you do not have the Product ID available right now, you can leave the box empty, and
click Next. You will need to provide the Product ID later, after the server installation is
over. Press No.
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6. Because you did not provide the correct ID, the installation process cannot determine
what kind of Windows Server 2008 license you own, and therefore you will be prompted
to select your correct version in the next screen, assuming you are telling the truth and
will provide the correct ID to prove your selection later on.
7. If you did provide the right Product ID, select the Full version of the right Windows
version youre prompted, and click Next.
8. Read and accept the license terms by clicking to select the checkbox and pressing
Next.
9. In the Which type of installation do you want? window, click the only available
option Custom (Advanced).
10. In the Where do you want to install Windows?, if youre installing the server on a
regular IDE hard disk, click to select the first disk, usually Disk 0, and click Next.
If youre installing on a hard disk thats connected to a SCSI controller, click Load Driver
and insert the media provided by the controllers manufacturer.

If youre installing in a Virtual Machine environment, make sure you read the Installing
the Virtual SCSI Controller Driver for Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008

If you must, you can also click Drive Options and manually create a partition on the
destination hard disk.

11. The installation now begins, and you can go and have lunch. Copying the setup files
from the DVD to the hard drive only takes about one minute. However, extracting and
uncompressing the files takes a good deal longer. After 20 minutes, the operating system
is installed. The exact time it takes to install server core depends upon your hardware
specifications. Faster disks will perform much faster installs Windows Server 2008
takes up approximately 10 GB of hard drive space.
The installation process will reboot your computer, so, if in step #10 you inserted a
floppy disk (either real or virtual), make sure you remove it before going to lunch, as
youll find the server hanged without the ability to boot (you can bypass this by
configuring the server to boot from a CD/DVD and then from the hard disk in the booting
order on the servers BIOS)

12. Then the server reboots youll be prompted with the new Windows Server 2008 type
of login screen. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log in.
13. Click on Other User.
14. The default Administrator is blank, so just type Administrator and press Enter.
15. You will be prompted to change the users password. You have no choice but to press
Ok.
16. In the password changing dialog box, leave the default password blank (duh, read
step #15), and enter a new, complex, at-least-7-characters-long new password twice. A
password like topsecret is not valid (its not complex), but one like T0pSecreT! sure
is. Make sure you remember it.
17. Someone thought it would be cool to nag you once more, so now youll be prompted
to accept the fact that the password had been changed. Press Ok.
18. Finally, the desktop appears and thats it, youre logged on and can begin working.
You will be greeted by an assistant for the initial server configuration, and after
performing some initial configuration tasks, you will be able to start working.

Next, for the initial configuration tasks please follow my other Windows Server 2008
articles found on the Related Windows Server 2008 Articles section below.

For Official Microsoft information on Windows Server 2008, see the Windows Server
2008 homepage.

Categories: Windows Server 2008


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