Skip to Content
Learning Windows Server 2003
book

Learning Windows Server 2003

by Jonathan Hassell
December 2004
Beginner
672 pages
20h 38m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Learning Windows Server 2003

Installing Windows Server 2003

It’s a fairly effortless procedure to install Windows Server 2003 onto new systems. Here are the steps:

  1. Turn the system power on and insert the Windows Server 2003 CD into the drive. If you receive a prompt to select from what location to boot, choose the option to boot off the CD. The system will boot a minimal, text-only version of Windows Server 2003 into main memory and begin the initial installation procedure. Figure 2-1 shows the beginning of this phase.

    The character-based Setup process

    Figure 2-1. The character-based Setup process

  2. The Welcome to Windows Setup screen will appear. Press Enter to continue.

  3. Read the terms of the license agreement. If you accept (which, of course, you have to do to continue installation), press F8 to continue.

  4. A screen listing your current disk partitions will appear. You can simply move around the menu and select an existing partition on which to install by pressing the arrow keys and then Enter to confirm your selection. You also can delete partitions (be sure you have backed up first!) by selecting the partition and pressing the D key. Lastly, you can create a new partition by selecting the Unpartitioned space selection in the menu and then pressing the C key. Figure 2-2 shows the disk partitioning screen.

    The disk partitioning screen

    Figure 2-2. The disk partitioning screen

  5. Choose ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide

Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide

Jonathan Hassell
Mastering Windows Server 2012 R2

Mastering Windows Server 2012 R2

Mark Minasi, Kevin Greene, Christian Booth, Robert Butler, John McCabe, Robert Panek, Michael Rice, Stefan Roth
Windows Server 2016: Unleashed

Windows Server 2016: Unleashed

Rand Morimoto, Jeffrey Shapiro, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Michael Noel, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596006241Catalog PageErrata