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Performing a Windows Server 2008 Upgrade

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At this point the installation will begin and continue until completed.
== Disk and Partition Management ==
 
The next screen provides an interface for selecting and configuring disks and partitions for the installation. Initially, this screen displays a list of physical disk drives available on the system together with any pre-existing partitions on this disks.
 
Clicking on the ''Drive options (advanced)'' displays a number of options including the deletion, creation and formatting of partitions on the listed disk drives. In addition, the ''Load driver'' option allows any driver necessary to access a disk drive to be loaded into to system so that that device may be used as an installation destination. For the purposes of this installation the entire disk drive will be used as the installation target. The following figure shows a single, unpartitioned disk drive with the ''Drive options'' displayed:
 
 
[[Image:windows_server_2008_disk_partitions.jpg|Selecting a Windows Server 2008 installation disk]]
 
 
Click next to begin the installation process. A new screen will appear listing the progress of the installation and highlighting the fact that the system will reboot a number of times during the installation.
== Accessing the Command Prompt During Installation ==
At any point during the setup process (except when the installation is actually being performed) ''Shift+F10'' may be pressed to gain access to the command-prompt. From within this command prompt window most of the standard Windows Server 2008 command-line tools are available allowing tasks to be performed that might otherwise not be possible from within the setup interface.