computer tutorial: How To Install Window Core Server 2008

Microsoft release the core edition of Server 2008. Core edition includes minimal roles and services. Core edition stripped down any unnecessary services and features that are not essential including desktop, window explorer shell, start menu, taskbar and other features you may be used to seeing. In this tutorial we will install core edition from DVD.

Adjust boot device priority and boot system from Server 2008 DVD. It will ask for confirmation of installation with following message

Press any key boot to from disc

Press Enter key to confirm the installation. Window will load the necessary files for installation.

Window allows you to localize the installation. You can localize the language, time, currency format, keyboard layout.

Click Install Now button to start the installation.

Select Windows Server 2008 Enterprise(Server Core Installation) X86 and Click on Next Button

Tick mark on "I accept The license terms", and click Next button

Select Custom (advance) option

Installation wizard will scan the attached hard disk and return with current partition layout. Server 2008 requires minimum 10GB hard disk. You can select any partition for installation which have at least 10 GB free space available or you can create new one. In this article we will create new partition.

Click on Drive options (advanced) to create Partition

Select Unallocated Space and click New Button. Set the size of partition and click on apply Button.

click Next

Thats all information window need prior to installation. Window will start the installation and this process will take several minutes

After installation window will restart the system. Keep in mind, do not press enter key on start up this time, otherwise installation will start from scratch again.