Administrator's Guide

32 Upgrading Your Operating System
Upgrading Your Operating System
Each upgrade kit is shipped with the new operating system media and a new Certificate of Authority
(COA) Product Key. Remove the COA label from the upgrade kit and place the label over the existing
COA label on your system running Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 With SP2 x64 Edition.
Contact your Dell sales representative to obtain an upgrade kit.
To upgrade your operating system, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on your system.
2 When prompted, log in to Windows.
3 Open an Internet connection to your system.
4 Locate the Product Key that is provided with the upgrade kit. This information is required to upgrade
your operating system software.
NOTE: The Product Key is located on the lower section of the COA. For more information on the COA, see
Definition of Terms for Microsoft Software Owners located at www.dell.com/ostechsheets.
5 Insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 With SP2 x64 Edition Disk 1 media into the
CD/DVD drive.
The media starts automatically and the
Welcome to Setup window appears.
NOTE: Do not restart your system and boot to the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 With SP2 x64 Edition
Disk 1 media.
If the media does not start automatically:
a Open Windows Explorer.
b Locate the CD/DVD drive.
c Right-click the CD/DVD drive and click AutoPlay .
6 Select one of the following and click Next :
• Install Windows Server
®
2003, Enterprise Edition
• Install Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
7 In the License Agreement window, read and accept the license agreement, and click Next . If you do
not agree with the information, click
Decline . The system restarts and you are not able to complete the
operating system installation.
8 In the Product Key window, type the 25-character Product Key and click Next .
The Product Key is located on the COA label that is attached to your system.