110 4 Installing Windows 2008 Ser ver and the Hyper-V Role FIGURE Specifying whether to upgrade or install a clean copy of Windows. FIGURE Specifying the location for the installation. NOTE With older versions of the Windows operating system, you had two options when partitioning the hard drive: NTFS or FAT/FAT32. When creating and formatting partitions in Windows Server 2008, FAT and FAT32 are no longer supported because NTFS is the only file system that can be sustained. Download at Installing a Clean Version of Windows Ser ver 2008 Operating System 111 8. Finalizing the Installation and Customizing the Configuration After the Windows Server 2008 Install Windows Wizard. | 110 4 Installing Windows 2008 Server and the Hyper-V Role FIGURE Specifying whether to upgrade or install a clean copy of Windows. FIGURE Specifying the location for the installation. NOTE With older versions of the Windows operating system you had two options when partitioning the hard drive NTFS or FAT FAT32. When creating and formatting partitions in Windows Server 2008 FAT and FAT32 are no longer supported because NTFS is the only file system that can be sustained. Download at Installing a Clean Version of Windows Server 2008 Operating System 111 8. Finalizing the Installation and Customizing the Configuration After the Windows Server 2008 Install Windows Wizard collects the information and installs Windows the system prompts you to enter a password. You must key in a password that will be associated with the administrator account on the server. Once you enter in the password you are prompted to log on to the server system. NOTE As a best practice rename the administrator account after you complete the installation and assign a strong password. You must enter it twice first in the Password text box and then in the Confirm Password text box. As in previous Windows operating systems the password is case sensitive and can contain up to 127 characters. In addition a strong password should include both upper- and lowercase letters numbers and symbols. Many organizations choose to use passphrases that are minisentences instead of single words. It s harder to decode a phrase I like my brown d0g Spot than a single 8- or 10-character single word. Choose your password carefully to ensure the security of the system. You can change both the administrator account name and password in the Change Password dialog box. 4 When you enter the administrator name and your new password an Initial Configuration Tasks Wizard is automatically invoked. This wizard presents the following tasks as shown in Figure to initially configure the server. The .
