Installation

Yaser Rahmati | یاسر رحمتی

Step 1

We can download the evaluation ISO of Windows Server 2012 R2 from the following link :

Step 2

After downloading the ISO of Microsoft, create a boot USB driver which can be created with the Microsoft tool called Windows USB/DVD Download Tool and can be downloaded from the following link :

After downloading the EXE file, open it and select the ISO file location and then click next like in the following screenshot, and wait up to the end when the Boot USB is created.

Step 3

After completing the above-given steps, plug in the USB to the server and wait for a while till it loads the files. This will continue for about a couple of minutes as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 4

After the files are loaded, you will see the screen of language settings of installation, keyboard, time, and currency format. Generally, all the default ones are also good enough to start with. Click Next.

Step 5

Click “Install now”.

Step 6

Once you have clicked on Install Now, the setup will start and it will load all the files and the screen will look as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 7

Wait until the files are loaded and then you will see the following screen. Let’s select Windows Server 2012 DataCenter Evaluation (Server with GUI) and click Next.

Step 8

Click “I accept the license terms” and then click on the Next button as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 9

The following screen will appear. In “Driver Options” you can create a new partition, delete or format the Hard disk. After you have done this process then you can select the partition where the Windows server 2012 R2 will be installed in our case we have one partition. Once all this is done, then click on Next.