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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Carefully read and fully understand the safety precautions below before operating
the equipment.
 Operate the equipment by following the instructions and procedures describedin this manual.
 Pay attention especially to safety precautions displayed on the equipment or inthis manual. Make sure you follow them. Otherwise, personal injury andproperty damage including damage to the equipment may result.
 A safety precaution is indicated by a heading as shown below. A heading iseither a safety alert symbol; a word such as “DANGER”, “WARNING”,“CAUTION”, or “NOTICE”; or a combination of both.
This is a safety alert symbol. This symbol is used to signify
potential hazards that may result in personal injury or death.
Make sure you follow the safety message that follows thissymbol in order to avoid possible injury or death.
DANGER: This symbol is used to indicate imminent hazards thatwill highly likely result in serious personal injury or
death.
WARNING: This symbol is used to indicate potential hazards that
may result in serious personal injury or death.
CAUTION: This symbol is used to indicate potential hazards that
may result in minor or moderate personal injury.
NOTICE: This symbol is used to indicate hazards that may result inequipment or property damage but not personal injury.
The heading “NOTE” is used to indicate a cautionary note about handling andoperation of the equipment.
 Do not attempt to perform any operation that is not described in this manual. If
there is any problem with the equipment, call your maintenance personnel.
 Read this manual carefully and fully understand the directions and precautions
written in this manual before operating the equipment.
 Keep this manual nearby so that you can reference the manual anytime youneed it.
 Every effort has been made to specify the best precautions on the equipment
and in the manual. Nevertheless, unexpected incidents may occur. When you
use the equipment, you are asked not only to follow the instructions but also to
use your own judgement on safety.

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1. COMMON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Carefully read and fully understand the following safety precautions.
1.1

WARNING This equipment is not designed and manufactured to be used for a life-criticalsystem that requires extreme safety. If there is a possibility that theequipment may be used for this purpose, contact one of our sales
representatives.
 In case of smoke, a burning smell, or the like, turn off the power to theequipment, disconnect the power cable from the outlet, and contact yoursales representative or maintenance personnel. Using the faulty equipment
without repair may result in a fire or an electric shock.
 This equipment has built-in magnetic disk drives. Do not hit the equipment
or give a shock or vibration to the equipment because that may cause theequipment to fail. Should you drop the equipment or damage its chassis,
disconnect the power cable from the outlet and contact your maintenancepersonnel. Using the faulty equipment without repair may result in a fire oran electric shock. Do not give a shock to the equipment when unpacking or
carrying the equipment.
 Do not modify this equipment because that may result in a fire or an electric
shock. In no event will Hitachi be responsible for any consequences that
results from the modification or alteration of the equipment.

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1.2

CAUTION If the equipment drops or is tipped over, personal injury may result. Pay full
attention when transporting the equipment.
 Make sure you do not catch or hit your fingers to cause personal injury when
unpacking or carrying the equipment.

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1.3

NOTICE

 This equipment alone cannot guarantee the system safety. In order to ensuresufficient safety of your system even when this equipment should fail,malfunction, or have program bugs, you must add systemic protections suchas building external protective/safety circuits to facilitate safety measures toprevent personal injury and serious accidents.
 Use the basic software that we specify. Operation is not guaranteed if any
other basic software is used.
 Do not use the equipment in the environment full of dust or with corrosivegas because that may cause the equipment to fail.
 Make sure sufficient clearance is provided for air intake and exhaust in frontof and behind the equipment. Otherwise, the temperature inside theequipment may rise and that may cause a failure or short life span of theequipment. In addition, you need to ensure sufficient clearance formaintenance work.
 Performing emergency shutdown (that is, unplugging the power cable fromthe outlet or shutting off the circuit breaker without proper shutdown of theOS) may cause the OS or applications not to work properly or may cause thesaved data to be corrupted. Never perform emergency shutdown unless you
must stop the system immediately due to some kind of error.
 Keep in mind that if the power supply is cut, the system may not be able torecover automatically.
 If you insert or access a disk (CD or DVD), the system load may increase andrunning applications may be affected. Do not insert or access a disk during
online operation (system operation).
 Once disk (CD or DVD) access is complete, eject the disk from the DVD
drive.
Leaving it in the DVD drive may result in failure.
 Leaving the disk tray open may result in failure.
Make sure that the disk tray is closed when not in use.

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2. SAFETY WARNINGS IN THIS MANUAL
2.1 Safety Warning Indicated as “NOTICE”
 Depending on the type of failure, important files may be lost when you use
this equipment. Files can be lost by power failure and human mistakes during
operation in addition to the failure of the equipment. Should such a situation
occur, the files cannot be recovered. In order to prevent data loss, make it aroutine to save your files and establish a systematic way of backing up files.
(See page i.) A recovery DVD contains an image file created for the hardware
configuration at the factory shipment. If the hardware configuration haschanged from the one at the factory, the OS may not start after restoration
work. Remove all external storage devices to resume the hardware
configuration at the factory shipment before you perform restoration work
using a recovery DVD.
When a recovery DVD is used, all data in the system drive is deleted. Backup the data beforehand as required.
(See page 3-2.)

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PREFACE
This manual describes the setup procedure of the OS installed in the HITACHI INDUSTRIALCOMPUTER HF-W7500 Model 40, namely the following pre-installed OS.
・Windows® 7 Professional
・Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard
・Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard<Organization of this manual>This manual is organized as follows:
CHAPTER 1 SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER FOR THE FIRST
TIME
CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS AFTER OS SETUP
CHAPTER 3 RESTORING THE FACTORY-SHIPPED CONDITION USING A RECOVERYDVD
CHPATER 4 PRECAUTION
APPENDIX A SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode
(FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)
APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT(FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2)
APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT(FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)<Use of terms in this manual>In this manual, the following definition of terms is used:• Install: An act of incorporating software into a hard disk on a computer.
• Setup: An act of configuring the environment of a computer for the purpose of using softwareon the computer.
• Virtual machine: A virtual hardware environment provided by Virtual PC or Hyper-V®.
• Host OS: An operating system used as a platform for running a virtual machine.
• Guest OS: An operating system that runs on a virtual machine.

NOTICE
Depending on the type of failure, important files may be lost when you use thisequipment. Files can be lost by power failure and human mistakes during
operation in addition to the failure of the equipment. Should such a situation
occur, the files cannot be recovered. In order to prevent data loss, make it aroutine to save your files and establish a systematic way of backing up files.

i<Note for storage capacity calculations>● Memory capacities and requirements, file sizes and storage requirements, etc. must be
calculated according to the formula 2n. The following examples show the results of suchcalculations by 2n (to the right of the equals signs).
1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,024 bytes
1 MB (megabyte) = 1,048,576 bytes
1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,073,741,824 bytes
1 TB (terabyte) = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes● As for disk capacities, they must be calculated using the formula 10n. Listed below are theresults of calculating the above example capacities using 10n in place of 2n.
1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,000 bytes
1 MB (megabyte) = 1,0002 bytes
1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,0003 bytes
1 TB (terabyte) = 1,0004 bytes<Trademarks>
・Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows Server®, Internet Explorer®, and Hyper-V® aretrademarks or registered trademarks of U.S. Microsoft Corporation in the United States andother countries.
・All other product names (software and hardware) not from Hitachi described in this manual are
the registered trademarks, the trademarks, or the products of their respective owners.
<Note for replacing terms for Windows Server® 2012 R2>This manual describes user actions in Windows®. The terms, "log on" and "log off", inWindows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 have been renamed "sign in" and "sign out"
respectively in Windows Server® 2012 R2. If the OS you use is Windows Server® 2012 R2,
replace the former terms in this manual with the latter terms as necessary.

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CONTENTS
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ......................................................................................... S-1
CHAPTER 1

SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON
THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME ................................................ 1-1

1.1 Setting Up Windows® 7 ...................................................................................................... 1-2
1.1.1 Preparing the setup ........................................................................................................ 1-2
1.1.2 Setup procedure of Windows® 7 Professional .............................................................. 1-3
1.2 Setting Up Windows Server® 2008 R2 ............................................................................... 1-7
1.2.1 Preparing the setup ........................................................................................................ 1-7
1.2.2 Setup procedure of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard ............................................ 1-8
1.3 Setting Up Windows Server® 2012 R2 ............................................................................. 1-11
1.3.1 Preparing the setup ...................................................................................................... 1-11
1.3.2 Setup procedure of Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard .......................................... 1-12

CHAPTER 2

CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS AFTER OS SETUP ............ 2-1
2.1 Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows® 7 .......................................................................... 2-2
2.1.1 Overview of the setup procedure of basic settings ........................................................ 2-2
2.1.2 Setting up automatic updating ....................................................................................... 2-3
2.1.3 Setting up the network environment .............................................................................. 2-5
2.1.4 Formatting a free area on a hard disk ............................................................................ 2-7
2.2 Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows Server® 2008 R2 ................................................. 2-10
2.2.1 Overview of the setup procedure of basic settings ...................................................... 2-10
2.2.2 Setting up the display language ................................................................................... 2-11
2.3 Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows Server® 2012 R2 ................................................. 2-13
2.3.1 Overview of the setup procedure of basic settings ...................................................... 2-13
2.3.2 Setting up the display language ................................................................................... 2-14
CHAPTER 3

RESTORING THE FACTORY-SHIPPED CONDITIONUSING A RECOVERY DVD ................................................................. 3-1

3.1 Overview of Restoration Procedure ..................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Preparation ........................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.3 Restoring the System Drive Back to the Factory-Shipped Condition ................................. 3-3
3.3.1 Procedure for restoring the system drive back to the factory-shipped condition .......... 3-3
3.3.2 Errors generated during a restoration process and their corrective actions ................. 3-11

CHAPTER 4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8

PRECAUTION ............................................................................................ 4-1

Event Log Entries during Setup ........................................................................................... 4-1
Event Log Entries While the OS is Running ....................................................................... 4-2
Display Errors Generated After a Command Prompt Opens Too Many Times .................. 4-3
Scheduled Functions by Default .......................................................................................... 4-3
Security Enhancements ...................................................................................................... 4-12
STOP Error (0x7e) While Using File Sharing ................................................................... 4-20
Factory-Shipped Network Settings .................................................................................... 4-20
Note on the Application Error Displayed at Shutdown ..................................................... 4-22

APPENDIX A

SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode
(FOR Windows® 7 ONLY) ................................................................. A-1
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APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUALENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2) ................. B-1
APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUALENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2) ................. C-1

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CHAPTER 1 SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER
FOR THE FIRST TIME
This chapter describes the following setup procedure.
・The setup procedure when you turn on the power for the first time after you purchase an HF-W.
Pre-installed OS
Windows® 7 Professional
Windows Server® 2008 R2
Standard
Windows Server® 2012 R2Standard

Description
Set up the equipment according to “1.1 Setting Up Windows® 7”.
Set up the equipment according to “1.2 Setting Up Windows Server®
2008 R2”.
Set up the equipment according to “1.3 Setting Up Windows Server®
2012 R2”.

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1.1

Setting Up Windows® 7This section describes the setup procedure of the pre-installed Windows® 7 Professional.
・Basic settings of Windows® 7 Professional are configured.
・The setup of the RAS feature is automatically done.
・The procedure takes about 20 minutes.

1.1.1 Preparing the setup
The following items are necessary for the setup work. Before you start the setup work,
decide or check those items beforehand.
Item
License certificate
Display language

Country or region
Time and currency format
Keyboard or input method
User name
Password
Computer name

Description
Make sure that the license certificate is attached to the body of the product.
Display language of Windows® 7 Professional
This equipment offers a Windows® Multilingual User Interface (MUI), andyou can set the display language of Windows® itself to one of the following
languages:
・Chinese (Traditional)
・English・Chinese (Traditional (ROC))
・Portuguese
・Chinese (Simplified)・Thai・Korean
You cannot change the settings later. In order to change the display
language after setup is complete, use a recovery DVD to restore the contentsof the system drive back to the factory-shipped condition, and then restart
OS setup.
For information about how to use a recovery DVD to restore the contents ofthe system drive back to the factory-shipped condition, see “CHAPTER 3
RESTORING THE FACTORY-SHIPPED CONDITION USING ARECOVERY DVD”.
Country or region of your location
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The format used for displaying time and currency.
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The layout of the keyboard
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The user name of an administrator account of the computer.
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The password for the user name.
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The name used for identifying the computer on the network.
・This name is used for identify the computer on the network. Select a
unique name on the network.
You can later change it in Control Panel.

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1.1.2 Setup procedure of Windows® 7 Professional
Follow the procedure below to set up Windows® 7 Professional:
1. Turn on the power to this equipment.
Windows starts and prepares for the setup.
Then, a message "Setup is installing devices. Please wait..." is displayed to indicate thatdevice drivers are being installed.
・This process may take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete.
Then the Windows restarts. Wait for a while, then the Set Up window for Windows® 7
Professional appears.
2. A window is displayed to select a display language.
Select a display language and then click Next. For example, if you want to select the
English language, select My language is English from the list.
(It should be noted that the language used in the window is changed to the specified
display language immediately after you select the language.)
The correspondence between the display language and the notation in the list is as in thetable below. (In the same order as in the list)
Display language

Notation in the list

EnglishMy language is English

Portuguese

O meu idioma é português (Portugal)Thaiภาษาของฉันคือไทย

Korean내 언어:

Chinese (Traditional)

我的語言是中文（繁體）

Chinese (Traditional (ROC))

我的語言是中文（繁體）（中華民國）

Chinese (Simplified)

我的语言是中文（简体）

한국어

NOTE
・After this point, Windows® 7 Professional uses the language specified here as
the language used on the screen. In this manual and other manuals of thisproduct, explanations are based on the assumption that English is used on thescreen. If you use a language other than English as the display language,translate expressions in the explanations to the display language as required.
・In Windows® 7 Professional, you cannot change the display language after OS
setup is complete. In order to change the display language after setup iscomplete, use a recovery DVD to restore the contents of the system drive backto the factory-shipped condition and then restart OS setup. For information about
how to use the recovery DVD to restore the contents of the system drive back to
the factory-shipped condition, see “CHAPTER 3 RESTORING THE FACTORYSHIPPED CONDITION USING A RECOVERY DVD”.

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3. A setup screen for the country or region, the time and currency format, and the
keyboard or input method settings appears.
・If the English language was selected at step 2, just leave the settings as they are andclick Next.
・If you selected a language other than English, configure the country or region, thetime and currency format, and the keyboard or input method settings as required andclick Next.
The time and currency format setting must be configured based on the display language
you selected at step 2 as the following table shows.
Display language

Time and currency format

EnglishEnglish (United States)

Portuguese

Português (Portugal)Thaiไทย ( ประเทศไทย )Korean한국어(대한민국)Chinese (Traditional)

中文（繁體, 香港特別行政區）

Chinese (Traditional (ROC))

中文（繁體, 台灣）Chinese (Simplified)

中文（简体, 中国）

NOTE
The time and currency format setting can be changed after OS setup is complete.
Select Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region and then click Region andLanguage. The Regional and Language Option window opens. Configure thetime and currency format setting on the Formats tab.
4. The user name input window is displayed.
・Enter the user name and the computer name and click Next.
NOTE
The computer name is automatically generated by appending “-PC” to the end of
the user name. Note that if you select the Thai language at step 2, thisautomatically generated computer name cannot be used as is. Delete thecharacters that have been automatically added to the end of the user name, andthen edit the computer name. You can use the following characters in the computer
name: alphabetic characters (“a” through “z” and “A” through “Z”), numericcharacters (0 through 9), and the hyphen-minus (“-”).

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5. The password input window is displayed.
・Enter a password in the Type a password box and in the Retype your password
box.
・Enter a password hint in the Type a password hint box.
・Click Next.
6. The Please read the license terms window is displayed.
・Check the displayed contents and select the I accept the license terms check box.
・Click Next.
7. The Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically window isdisplayed.
・Click Ask me later.
8. The Review your time and date settings window is displayed.
・Configure the time zone, the date and the time.
NOTE
Regardless of the display language selected at step 2, “(UTC-08:00) PacificStandard Time (US & Canada)” is selected as the time zone by default. Set thetime zone according to the actual location where this equipment is used.

・Click Next.
Depending on the configuration at step 3, the equipment may restart at this point
automatically.
9. A message “Setup program is configuring memory dump file. Please wait...” will be
displayed eventually to indicate that an area is currently being reserved for a memory
dump file.
・This process may take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete.
10. The Windows Security window is displayed.
・Select Always trust software from “Hitachi, Ltd.”.
・Click Install.
11. The setup is complete, and then you are automatically logged on to the Windows.
12. After you are logged on, a message is displayed to prompt you to restart theequipment.
・Click Restart Now to restart.
This completes Windows® 7 Professional setup. From this point on, follow the instruction
in “CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS AFTER OS SETUP” toconfigure the basic settings of the OS.

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NOTE
• A message “Configuring Windows features **% complete Do not turn off yourcomputer.” may be displayed when the OS shuts down (or reboots) shortly after
you complete the setup. This message is displayed when the display language
resources that you did not choose during the setup are deleted. This process may
take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete. When theprocess is complete, the power will be turned off (or the OS will restart)
automatically.
• In order to allow more reliable fault analysis, this equipment is configured tocollect a complete memory dump when a system error (blue screen) occurs. Thissetting becomes effective after the system restarts at step 12.

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1.2

Setting Up Windows Server® 2008 R2
This section describes the setup procedures of the pre-installed Windows Server® 2008 R2
Standard.
・Basic settings of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard are configured.
・The setup of the RAS feature is automatically done.
・The procedure takes about 20 minutes.

1.2.1 Preparing the setup
The following items are necessary for the setup work. Before you start the setup work,
decide or check those items beforehand.
Item
License certificate
Display language

Country or region
Time and currency format
Keyboard or input method
Administrator password

Description
Make sure that the license certificate is attached to the body of the product.
Display language of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard
This equipment offers a Windows® Multilingual User Interface (MUI), andyou can set the display language of Windows® itself to one of the following
languages:
・Chinese (Traditional)
・English・Chinese (Traditional (ROC))
・Portuguese
・Chinese (Simplified)・Thai・Korean
You can later change it in Control Panel.
Country or region of your location
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The format used for displaying time and currency.
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The layout of the keyboard
You can later change it in Control Panel.
Administrator password
You can later change it in Control Panel.

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1.2.2 Setup procedure of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard
Follow the procedure below to set up Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard.
1. Turn on the power to this equipment.
Windows starts and prepares for the setup.
Then, a message "Setup is installing devices. Please wait..." is displayed to indicate thatdevice drivers are being installed.
・This process may take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete.
Then the Windows restarts. Wait for a while, then the Set Up window for Windows
Server® 2008 R2 Standard appears.
2. A window is displayed to select a display language.
Select a display language and then click Next. For example, if you want to select the
English language, select My language is English from the list.
(It should be noted that the language used in the window is changed to the specified
display language immediately after you select the language.)
The correspondence between the display language and the notation in the list is as in thetable below. (In the same order as in the list)
Display language

Notation in the list

EnglishMy language is English

Portuguese

O meu idioma é português (Portugal)Thaiภาษาของฉันคือไทย

Korean내 언어:

Chinese (Traditional)

我的語言是中文（繁體）

Chinese (Traditional (ROC))

我的語言是中文（繁體）（中華民國）

Chinese (Simplified)

我的语言是中文（简体）

한국어

NOTE
・After this point, Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard uses the language
specified here as the language used on the screen. In this manual and othermanuals of this product, explanations are based on the assumption that English
is used on the screen. If you use a language other than English as the display
language, translate expressions in the explanations to the display language as
required.
・A display language can be changed after OS setup is complete. For information
about how to set up a display language, see “2.2.2
language”.

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3. A setup screen for the country or region, the time and currency format, and the
keyboard or input method settings appears.
・If the English language has been selected in step 2, just leave the settings as they are
and click Next.
・If you has selected a language other than English, configure the country or region, thetime and currency format, and the keyboard or input method settings as required andclick Next.
The time and currency format setting must be configured based on the display language
you selected in step 2 as the following table shows.
Display language

Time and currency format

EnglishEnglish (United States)

Portuguese

Português (Portugal)Thaiไทย ( ประเทศไทย )Korean한국어(대한민국)Chinese (Traditional)

中文（繁體, 香港特別行政區）

Chinese (Traditional (ROC))

中文（繁體, 台灣）Chinese (Simplified)

中文（简体, 中国）

NOTE
The time and currency format setting can be changed after OS setup is complete.
Select Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region and then click Region andLanguage. The Regional and Language Option window appears. Configure thetime and currency format setting on the Formats tab.
4. The Please read the license terms window is displayed.
・Check the displayed contents and select the I accept the license terms check box.
・Click Start.
5. A message “Setup program is configuring memory dump file. Please wait...” will be
displayed eventually to indicate that an area is currently being reserved for a memory
dump file.
・This process may take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete.
6. The Windows Security window is displayed.
・Select Always trust software from “Hitachi, Ltd.”.
・Click Install.
7. A screen is displayed to prompt you to change the Administrator password.
・Click OK.

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8. The password input window is displayed.
In the New password box and the Confirm password box, enter the password, andthen press Enter or click [→].
NOTE
When you set up an Administrator password, make sure that the password meets thefollowing conditions:・The password must consist of at least six characters.
・At least three out of the following four types of characters must be used: ASCII
uppercase alphabetic characters, ASCII lowercase alphabetic characters, ASCII
numeric characters, and ASCII symbol characters.
・Any three or more consecutive characters used in the user account name or username must not be used.
9. A screen is displayed to indicate that your password has been successfully changed.
Click OK.
10. The setup is complete, and then you are automatically logged on to the Windows.
11. After you are logged on, a message is displayed to prompt you to restart theequipment. And then the Initial Configuration Tasks window appears.
・If you do not want to show this window at the next startup, select the Do not show
this window at logon check box.
・Click the Close button [×] on the right upper corner of the Initial Configuration
Tasks window to close the window.
・Click Restart Now to restart.
This completes Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard setup. From this point on, follow
the instruction in “CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS AFTER OS
SETUP” to configure the basic settings of the OS.
NOTE
In order to allow more reliable fault analysis, this equipment is configured to collecta complete memory dump when a system error (blue screen) occurs. This setting
becomes effective after the system restarts at step 11.

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1.3

Setting Up Windows Server® 2012 R2This section describes the setup procedures of the pre-installed Windows Server® 2012 R2Standard.
・Basic settings of Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard are configured.
・The setup of the RAS feature is automatically done.
・The procedure takes about 20 minutes.

1.3.1 Preparing the setup
The following items are necessary for the setup work. Before you start the setup work,
decide or check those items beforehand.
Item
License certificate
Display language

Country or region
Time and currency format
Keyboard or input method
Administrator password

Description
Make sure that the license certificate is attached to the body of the product.
Display language of Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard
This equipment offers a Windows® Multilingual User Interface (MUI), andyou can set the display language of Windows® itself to one of the following
languages:
・Korean・English・Chinese (Simplified)・Portuguese
・Thai
You can later change it in Control Panel.
Country or region of your location
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The format used for displaying time and currency.
You can later change it in Control Panel.
The layout of the keyboard
You can later change it in Control Panel.
Administrator password
You can later change it in Control Panel.

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1.3.2 Setup procedure of Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard
Follow the procedure below to set up Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard.
1. Turn on the power to this equipment.
Windows starts and prepares for the setup.
Then, a message "Setup is installing devices. Please wait..." is displayed to indicate thatdevice drivers are being installed.
・This process may take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete.
2. Then the Windows restarts. Wait for a while, then a setup window for display language,
country or region, app language, and keyboard layout is displayed.
First, select a display language (Language to install). For example, if you want to selectthe English language, click English in the list.
(Note) The language used in the window is changed to the specified display language
immediately after you select the language.
The correspondence between the display language and the notation in the list is as in thetable below. (In the same order as in the list)
Display language

Notation in the list

EnglishEnglishPortuguese

português (Portugal)

Thai

ไทย

Korean한국어

Chinese (Simplified)

中文（简体）

NOTE
・After this point, Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard uses the language
specified here as the language used on the screen. In this manual and othermanuals of this product, explanations are based on the assumption that English
is used on the screen. If you use a language other than English as the display
language, translate expressions in the explanations to the display language as
required.
・A display language can be changed after OS setup is complete. For information
about how to set up a display language, see “2.3.2
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Second, configure a country or region, app language, and a keyboard layout.
・ If the English language was selected, just leave the settings as they are and click
Next.
・ If you selected a language other than English, configure country or region, app
language, and keyboard layout as required, and click Next.
The app language (Time and currency format) must be configured as the following
table shows based on the display language you selected.
Display language

App language

EnglishEnglish (United States)

Portuguese

Português (Portugal)Thaiไทย ( ประเทศไทย )Korean한국어(대한민국)Chinese (Simplified)

中文（简体, 中国）

NOTE
The app language (Time and currency format) setting can be changed after the OS
setup is complete. Select Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region andthen click Region. The Regional window appears. Configure the Time andcurrency format setting on the Formats tab.

3. The license terms are displayed.
・ Check the terms, and then click I accept.
4. A screen is displayed to prompt you to enter the Administrator password.
In the Password box and the Reenter password box, enter the password, and thenclick Finish.
NOTE
When you set up an Administrator password, make sure that the password meets thefollowing conditions:・The password must consist of at least six characters.
・At least three out of the following four types of characters must be used: ASCII
uppercase alphabetic characters, ASCII lowercase alphabetic characters, ASCII
numeric characters, and ASCII symbol characters.
・Any three or more consecutive characters used in the user account name or username must not be used.

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5. A message "Setup program is configuring memory dump file. Please wait..." will be
displayed eventually to indicate that an area is currently being reserved for a memory
dump file.
・ This process may take a couple of minutes. Just wait until this process is complete.
6. When the setup process is complete, the sign-in screen appears.
・ Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
7. A screen is displayed to prompt you to enter the Administrator password.
・ Enter the password, and then press Enter or click [→]・ You are signed in, and the server manager starts.
8. Restart the system. This action validates the RAS feature.
This completes Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard setup. From this point on, follow
the instruction in “CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS AFTER OS
SETUP” to configure the basic settings of the OS.
NOTE
In order to allow more reliable fault analysis, this equipment is configured to collecta complete memory dump when a system error (blue screen) occurs. This setting
becomes effective after the system restarts at step 8.

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CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS AFTER OS SETUPThis chapter describes the following setup procedure:・Setup procedure of basic settings after OS setup
Perform this setup procedure as required after OS setup.
Pre-installed OS

Description

Windows® 7 Professional

Set up those settings according to “2.1

Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows® 7”.

Windows Server® 2008 R2

Set up those settings according to “2.2Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows

Standard

Server® 2008 R2”.

Windows Server® 2012 R2

Set up those settings according to “2.3Standard

Server® 2012 R2”.

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2.1

Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows® 7This section describes the setup procedures of basic settings for the pre-installed Windows® 7
Professional.
Perform these procedures as required after you follow the instruction in “CHAPTER 1
SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME” toset up the OS.

2.1.1 Overview of the setup procedures of basic settings
Setting up the screen

Refer to “3.9 Setting Up the Screen” in the HF-W7500
Model 40 INSTRUCTION MANUAL (manual number
WIN-62-0065).

Setting up automatic updating

For details, see “2.1.2 Setting up automatic updating”.
・The procedure takes about 5 minutes.

Set up the network environment

For details, see “2.1.3 Setting up the network
environment”.
・The procedure takes about 10 minutes.

For details, see “2.1.4 Formatting a free area on a harddisk”.
・The time required for formatting depends on the size ofthe partition you want to format.

Formatting hard disks

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2.1.2

Setting up automatic updating
Windows® 7 has an automatic updating function for bug fixes. This function
automatically downloads and installs bug fix updates released on the Microsoft Website.
It should be noted that currently running programs can be affected when this function is
executed. The modules updated by this function can also affect currently running
programs. Because of all this, this function must be turned “off”.
The following procedure shows how to turn off automatic updating.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to thecomputer as an administrator account.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window opens. Click System and Security.
4. Then click Turn automatic updating on or off under Windows Update.

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5. The Choose how Windows can install updates window is displayed. Select Nevercheck for updates (not recommended) and click OK.

6. Click the Close button [×] at the upper right corner of the System and Security
window.

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2.1.3 Setting up the network environment
In the local area network settings, DHCP is used (that is, “Obtain an IP address
automatically” is selected) by default. If you do not use DHCP and want to specify an IP
address, follow the procedure below:
Note that the following procedure is for the case that Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) is used. If you use Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), select Internet
Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) at step 8.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. Click View network status and tasks under Network and Internet.
4. The Network and Sharing Center window is displayed. Click Change adapter
settings in the left pane.
5. The Network Connections window is displayed.
6. Double-click the Local Area Connection icon.
7. If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
NOTE
If there are multiple Local Area Connection icons, use the following procedure to
identify which Ethernet adapter a specific icon pertains to.
・Right-click the Local Area Connection icon to show a pop-up menu. Click
Properties.
・Click Configure. In the window that appears, click the Link Speed tab.
・Click Identify Adapter. In the Identify Adapter window, click Start.
・Then the LED on the Ethernet adapter corresponding to the selected Local Area
Connection icon flashes.

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8. The Local Area Connection Property window is displayed.
・Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.

9. The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window is displayed.
・Select Use the following IP address and type the IP address, the subnet mask, andthe default gateway.
・Click OK.

10. Close all opened windows.
・In the Local Area Connection Property window, click the Close button.
・In the Network Connections window, click the Close button [×] at the upper rightcorner.
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2.1.4 Formatting a free area on a hard disk
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. Click System and Security. Under Administrative Tools, click Create and format
hard disk partitions.
4. If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
5. The Disk Management window opens. Right-click a space indicated as “Unallocated”
to display a menu. On the menu, click New Simple Volume.

6. The New Simple Volume Wizard starts. Click Next.

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7. The Specify Drive Size window is displayed. Enter a volume size you like, and click
Next.

8. The Assign Drive Letter or Path window is displayed. Select Assign the following
drive letter, and select a drive letter to be assigned. (If you do not need to change adrive letter, leave it as is.) Click Next.

9. A window to select the format of the partition is displayed. Select Format the volume
with the following settings, and in the File system list, select NTFS. Click Next.

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10. The Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard window is displayed. Click
Finish.
・Formatting the disk starts.

11. When formatting the partition is complete, the created partition is indicated as“Healthy”.

12. In the Disk Management window, click the Close button [×] at the upper right corner
to close the window.
• If the AutoPlay window appears, click the Close button [×] at the upper right corner
to close the window.

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2.2

Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows Server® 2008 R2
This section describes the setup procedures of basic settings for the pre-installed Windows
Server® 2008 R2 Standard.
Perform these procedures as required after you follow the instruction in “CHAPTER 1
SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME” toset up the OS.

2.2.1 Overview of the setup procedures of basic settings
Setting up the screen

Refer to “3.9 Setting Up the Screen” in the HF-W7500
Model 40 INSTRUCTION MANUAL (manual number
WIN-62-0065).

Setting up automatic updating

The setup procedure is the same as for Windows® 7.
For details, see “2.1.2 Setting up automatic updating”.
・The procedure takes about 5 minutes.

Set up the network environment

The setup procedure is the same as for Windows® 7.
For details, see “2.1.3 Setting up the network
environment”.
・The procedure takes about 10 minutes.

Formatting hard disks

The setup procedure is the same as for Windows® 7.
For details, see “2.1.4 Formatting a free area on a harddisk”.
・The time required for formatting depends on the size ofthe partition you want to format.

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2.2.2

Setting up the display language
In Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard, you can change the display language from theone you selected at setup. When you change the display language settings, follow theprocedure below.
For information about the list of display languages you can select from, see “1.2.1
Preparing the setup”.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start > Control Panel.
3. Under Clock, Language, and Region, click Change display language.
4. The Region and Language property window appears. In the drop-down list, select a
display language, and click OK.

5. A message is displayed to prompt you to log off. Click Log off now to log off.

This completes the procedures for changing the display language settings. After you log
back on, configure the following settings in the Region and Language property window.
Format: Formats tab

Current location: Location tab

Change keyboards: Keyboards and Languages tab

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NOTE・Even after you change the display language settings, if an application does notsupport Unicode, the application does not change the language used for
displaying text. If you want to change the display language for applications that
do not support Unicode on the Administrative tab in the Region and Language
property window, click Change system locale, and change the Current system
locale.

・The display language and other settings you configured in the Region andLanguage property window are only applicable for the current user account. If
you want to apply those settings also to system accounts or new user accounts
created in the future, on the Administrative tab, click Copy settings, and selectthe respective check boxes as below.
If applying to system accounts:
Select the Welcome screen and system
accounts check box
If applying to new user accounts: Select the New user accounts check box

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2.3

Setting Up Basic Settings of Windows Server® 2012 R2This section describes the setup procedures of basic settings for the pre-installed Windows
Server® 2012 R2 Standard.
Perform these procedures as required after you follow the instruction in “CHAPTER 1
SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME” toset up the OS.

2.3.1 Overview of the setup procedures of basic settings
Setting up the screen

Refer to “3.9 Setting Up the Screen” in the HF-W7500
Model 40 INSTRUCTION MANUAL (manual number
WIN-62-0065).

Setting up automatic updating

The setup procedure is the same as for Windows® 7.
For details, see “2.1.2 Setting up automatic updating”.
・The procedure takes about 5 minutes.

Set up the network environment

The setup procedure is the same as for Windows® 7.
For details, see “2.1.3 Setting up the network
environment”.
・The procedure takes about 10 minutes.
・"Local Area Connection" in the setup procedure must
be replaced with "Ethernet".
・In Windows Server® 2012 R2, you cannot use the[Identify Adapter] button to identify which Ethernet
adapter port a specific icon pertains to. To do so,
physically connect a network cable to each Ethernet
adapter port and set the port to the linked state.

Formatting hard disks

The setup procedure is the same as for Windows® 7.
For details, see “2.1.4 Formatting a free area on a harddisk”.
・The time required for formatting depends on the size ofthe partition you want to format.

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2.3.2

Setting up the display language
In Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard, you can change the display language from theone you selected at setup. When you change the display language settings, follow theprocedure below.
For information about the list of display languages you can select from, see “1.3.1
Preparing the setup”.
NOTE

Due to the requirements of the OS, the display language resources which are notselected will be deleted after the elapse of a certain period of time from the OS
setup is completed. if you plan to use another display language, create a user
account for each display language and select the display language.

1. If you are not signed in to the computer as an administrator, sign in to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On the menu, click Control Panel.
3. Under Clock, Language, and Region, click Add a language.
4. The Change your language preferences pane appears. Click Add a language.

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5. The Add languages window appears. Select a display language, and click Add.

On this computer, the following display languages can be selected.
Display language
EnglishChinese (Simplified)Selection procedure
Select English, click Open, and then select English(United States).
Select Chinese(Simplified), click Open, and then selectChinese(Simplified, China).

KoreanSelect Korean.

Thai

Select Thai.

Portuguese

Select Portuguese, click Open, and then selectPortuguese(Portugal).

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6. The selected display language is added to the Change your language preferencespane. Click Options.

7. The Language options property window appears. Click Make this the primarylanguage.

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8. A message is displayed to prompt you to log off (sign out). Click Log off now to signout.

This completes the procedure for changing the display language setting. After you log
back on, configure the following settings in the Region property window.
Format: Formats tab

Home location: Location tab

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NOTE・Even after you change the display language settings, if an application does notsupport Unicode, the application does not change the language used for
displaying text. If you want to change the display language for applications that
do not support Unicode on the Administrative tab in the Region property
window, click Change system locale, and change the Current system locale.

・The display language and other settings you configured in the Region property
window are only applicable for the current user account. If you want to apply
those settings also to system accounts or new user accounts created in the
future, on the Administrative tab, click Copy settings, and select the respective
check boxes as below.
If applying to system accounts:
Select the Welcome screen and system
accounts check box
If applying to new user accounts: Select the New user accounts check box

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CHAPTER 3 RESTORING THE FACTORY-SHIPPED CONDITIONUSING A RECOVERY DVD
This chapter describes the following procedure:・The procedure to restore the system drive back to the factory-shipped conditions when you
discontinue the system you have built.
NOTE
In order to perform the procedure described in this chapter, you need a recovery
DVD. A recovery DVD comes inside the package of an HF-W only if you purchasean HF-W that is specifically stated to include a recovery DVD.

3.1 Overview of Restoration Procedure
This section describes the overview of the procedure to restore the system drive back to thefactory-shipped condition when you discontinue the system you have built. After you restore
the contents of the system drive back to the factory condition, follow the procedure describedin “CHAPTER 1 SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER FOR THE
FIRST TIME” to set up the OS.
The following is a rough flow chart of the procedure.
Preparation

Restoring the factory condition

Setting up the OS

For details, see “3.2 Preparation”.
・This shows a list of the items you need to prepare andthe items you need to decide or check before you start
restoration work.
For details, see “3.3 Restoring the System Drive Backto the Factory-Shipped Condition”.
・The contents of the system drive are restored back to
the factory-shipped condition.
・The procedure depends on the number of recovery
DVD.
Windows® 7: about 15 minutes
Windows Server® 2008 R2: about 20 minutes
Windows Server® 2012 R2: about 30 minutes
For details, see “CHAPTER 1 SETUP PROCEDURE
WHEN YOU TURN ON THE POWER FOR THE
FIRST TIME”.

NOTE
If you perform restoration work under the following condition using recovery DVDs,
the drive letter for the DVD drive may not be the one in the factory settings.
・ For an A model: A drive is mounted on Drive bay 2 or Drive bay 3.
・ For a D model: A drive is mounted on Drive bay 3.
If this situation happens, change the drive letter for the DVD drive after the setup iscomplete, if necessary.

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NOTICEA recovery DVD contains an image file created for the hardware configuration at
the factory shipment. If the hardware configuration has changed from the one at
the factory, the OS may not start after restoration work. Remove all external
storage devices to resume the hardware configuration at the factory shipment
before you perform restoration work using a recovery DVD.
When a recovery DVD is used, all data in the system drive is deleted. Back up
the data beforehand as required.

3.2

Preparation
Before you start restoration work using recovery DVDs, have the following recovery DVDs
ready.

Recovery DVD
for HF-W

HITACHI HJ-7540***** Product Recovery DVD(The underlined part is the model number of the HF-W7500 Model 40 you
purchased.)

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3.3 Restoring the System Drive Back to the Factory-Shipped Condition
3.3.1 Procedure for restoring the system drive back to the factory-shipped condition
Follow the procedure below to restore the system drive of an HF-W7500 Model 40 back to
the factory-shipped condition using a recovery DVD.
In this restoration procedure, we assume that the number of recovery DVDs is two for
explanatory purposes.
(Note) If the number of recovery DVDs is actually three, repeat steps 9 and 10.
And, use the recovery DVDs in the following order: 1/3, 2/3, and 3/E.
1. Turn on the power to the computer, and insert a recovery DVD “HITACHI HJ-7540*****
Product Recovery DVD (disc number: 1/2)” to the DVD drive. (The underlined part is themodel number of the HF-W7500 Model 40 you purchased, and therefore the part
indicated as *s is different depending on the model. In the following description of theprocedure, replace the “HJ-7540*****” with the actual model number of the HF-W7500
Model 40 you purchased.
2. When you boot from the recovery DVD, the following confirmation message is displayed.
(Note) If you cannot boot from the recovery DVD, turn off the computer, and then turn itback on.
・If this computer is an HF-W7500 Model 40, click Yes.
・If this computer is not an HF-W7500 Model 40, click No.

When you click No, the following message is displayed. Click OK. The recovery
DVD is automatically ejected, and then the computer is automatically shut down.
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3. When you click Yes on the confirmation message window, the confirmation
window for the following attention message is displayed.
・If you are OK with the attention message, click Yes.
・If you are not OK with the message, click No.

When you click No, the following message box is displayed. Click OK. The
recovery DVD is automatically ejected, and then the computer is automaticallyshut down.
If you want to go back to the confirmation window for the attention message,
click Cancel.

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4. When you click Yes on the confirmation window for the attention message, theselection window for the drive restore option is displayed.
・ If you want to restore the system drive back to the factory-shipped condition,
select the restore option, and then click Next.
- Entire drive:
Select this option if you want to restore the whole system drive back to
the factory-shipped condition or configure a new drive to the factoryshipped condition after you replace the system drive.
If you select this option and click Next, proceed to step 5.
- Only the system and boot partition:
Select this option if the system drive has partitions other than the bootpartition (the partition on which Windows is installed) for data storage orother purposes and you want to restore the system drive back to thefactory-shipped condition while keeping these partitions. If you select thisoption, only the boot partition is restored back to the factory-shipped
condition.
If you select this option and click Next, proceed to step 7.
You cannot select this option in the following cases.
■ The system drive has no boot partitions.
■ The system drive has more than one boot partition.
■ The size of the boot partition is less than the minimum bootpartition size defined for this computer.
(For an HF-W7500 Model 40, the minimum size is 80 GB.)・ If you want to cancel restoring the system drive back to the factory-shipped
condition, click Cancel.

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When you click Cancel, the following message is displayed. Click OK. The
recovery DVD is automatically ejected, and then the computer is automaticallyshut down.
If you want to go back to the selection window for the drive restore option, click
Cancel.

<When you select Entire drive in the selection window for the drive restore option>
5. If you select Entire drive in the selection window for the drive restore option, theInput the partition size window is displayed.
・ The window shows the factory (default) setting for the partition size and theminimum (MIN) and maximum (MAX) of the range of partition size values
that can be entered. Enter the partition size in GB (1 GB = 1,073,741,824
bytes), and click Next.
・ If you want to go back to the selection window for the drive restore option,
click Back.
(Note) If the size of the main memory is 32 GB, the partition size you enter mustbe at least the factory-shipment value (default). If you enter the partition
size less than the factory-shipment value (default), you may not be able toallocate a sufficient area for a memory dump during the setup of the OS.

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If the entered value is out of range when you click Next, the following message
is displayed. Click OK and reenter the partition size.

6. When you enter the partition size in the Input the partition size window and click
Next, the confirmation window for the settings of the drive restoration.
・ If you are OK with the displayed partition size to be restored, click Yes.
Proceed to step 8.
・ If you are not OK with the displayed partition size to be restored, click No.
The selection window for the drive restore option returns.

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7. If you select Only the system and boot partition in the selection window for thedrive restore option, the confirmation window for the settings of the drive restoration
is displayed.
・ If you are OK with restoring only the boot partition, click Yes. Proceed tostep 8.
・ If you are not OK with restoring only the boot partition, click No. The
selection window for the drive restore option returns.

8. When you click Yes in the confirmation window for the settings of the drive
restoration, a restoration process for the drive starts. The progress is displayed inthe [Status] box.

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for the drive restore option, the boot partition is formatted before therestoration process. Formatting the partition may take up to a couple ofminutes. (The time required for formatting depends on the size of the bootpartition.) During the format process, “Preparing Recovery.” is displayedin the [Status] box.

9. When the restoration process back to the factory-shipped condition performed by
the first recovery DVD (disc number: 1/2), the following message is displayed,
and the recovery DVD is automatically ejected. Remove the first recovery DVD
from the DVD drive, and insert the second recovery DVD (disc number: 2/E).

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10. When you click Continue, the restoration process back to the factory-shipped
condition resumes. The progress is displayed in the [Status] box.

11. When the restoration process back to the factory-shipped condition performed by
the second recovery DVD is complete, “Recovery Complete.” is displayed in the[Status] box, and the recovery DVD is automatically ejected. Remove therecovery DVD from the DVD drive, and then click Exit. The computer will beshut down.

The system drive of the HF-W7500 Model 40 is now successfully restored to thefactory condition by using a recovery DVD. After you finish the procedure above,follow the instruction in “CHAPTER 1 SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN YOU TURN
ON THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME” to set up the OS.

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3.3.2 Errors generated during a restoration process and their corrective actions
When an error occurs during a restoration process, record the error message and the error
code displayed on the window, and take actions as shown in the following table. If you takethe actions accordingly but cannot let the recovery process go through or if the No. 8 error
message is displayed, contact our sales representative.
No.
Error message
1 Retry time out. Please refer to the SETUP GUIDE.
2

3
4
5

6

7
8
9

Action• Check the integrity of the system drive.
(Read/write tests and so on)

Image file is not found. Please refer to the SETUP • Retry a recovery process.
GUIDE.
• Check the integrity of the recovery DVD.
(Read tests and so on)• Check if the DVD drive works properly. (Readtests and so on)
Drive failed or not connected. Please refer to the• Check if the system drive is connected
correctly.
SETUP GUIDE.
•
Check the integrity of the system drive.
Failed to access the drive. Please refer to the(Read/write
tests and so on)
SETUP GUIDE.
Failed to assign drive letter. Please refer to the• Check that any devices unnecessary for a
SETUP GUIDE.
recovery process are connected. If connected,
remove them.
Failed to read from Product Recovery DVD. Please • Check if the DVD drive is connectedrefer to the SETUP GUIDE.
correctly.
• Check the integrity of the recovery DVD.
(Read tests and so on)• Check if the DVD drive works properly. (Readtests and so on)
Recovery failed. Please refer to the SETUP• Retry a recovery process.
GUIDE.
Recovery invalid. Please refer to the SETUP• Contact our sales representative.
GUIDE.
Drive capacity is not enough. Please refer to the• Check the size of the system drive.
SETUP GUIDE.

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CHAPTER 4 PRECAUTION
4.1

Event Log Entries during Setup
This equipment may record the following events in the event log during the OS setup, but
those events do not affect the operation of the system.
●●●

In the case of Windows® 7
SourceEvent ID

Type

Service Control Manager

7022 or 7023

Error

Search1008

Warninge1qexpress or e1rexpress

27

Warning

In the case of Windows Server® 2008 R2
SourceEvent ID

Type

Service Control Manager

7022 or 7023

Error

Winlogon

6004

Warninge1qexpress or e1rexpress

27

Warning

In the case of Windows Server® 2012 R2
SourceEvent ID

Type

Service Control Manager

7023

Error

volmgr46

Error

e1iexpress

27

Warning

Windows Remote Management

10149

Warning

Security-SPP

1058

Warning

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4.2

Event Log Entries While the OS is RunningThis equipment may record the following events in the event log while the OS is running, but
those events do not affect the operation of the system.
●

In the case of Windows® 7
Source●Event ID

WMI

10

Error

User Profiles Service

1530

Warning

Search3036

WarningTime-Service

134 or 36

Warninge1qexpress or e1rexpress

27

Warning

In the case of Windows Server® 2008 R2
Source●Type

Event ID

Type

WMI

10

Error

User Profiles Service

1530

WarningTime-Service

134 or 36

Warninge1qexpress or e1rexpress

27

Warning

In the case of Windows Server® 2012 R2
SourceEvent ID

Type

DistributedCOM

10010

Error

WMI

63

WarningTime-Service

134

Warning

Kernel-PnP

219

Warning

winlogon

6004

Warning

e1iexpress

27

Warning

In addition, the following event may be recorded in the event log when a USB device isconnected or disconnected or when the system starts for the first time after a storage device isadded, even though the USB device or the storage device works without any problems. Those
events are recorded due to the specifications of the OS and do not affect the operation of thesystem.
SourceDisk

Event ID
11 or 153

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4.3 Display Errors Generated After a Command Prompt Opens Too Many Times
In Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2, if you ran the command prompt hundreds oftimes without restarting the OS, the desktop cannot be displayed properly. This is because
each time the command prompt is started, Windows Explorer (process name: explorer.exe)
consumes graphics device interface resources.
If you frequently starts the command prompt (for example, if you repeatedly run a batch file),
restart the OS regularly. If this symptom does occur, restart the OS.
4.4

Scheduled Functions by Default
In Windows®, various functions are scheduled by default and executed periodically in the
background. Among those functions, Windows Defender (anti-spyware feature) and the disk
defragmenter (or optimize drives) may increase the system load significantly when they run
and may affect the operation of the applications for business use.
(1) Windows Defender (for Windows® 7 only)
We recommend changing the scheduled times for those two functions in order not to conflictwith the schedule of the applications for business use.
The initial schedules for those two functions are as follows:
・Frequency: Daily
・Start time: 2:00
(2) Disk Defragmenter (for Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2)
On this computer, scheduled defragmentation by Disk Defragmenter is turned off. If you want
to defragment disks using Disk Defragmenter, you can do that by using either one of themethods below.
(a) Turn on scheduled defragmentation by Disk Defragmenter.
(b) Run Disk Defragmenter manually.
The procedure of each method is described below. (The screen images shown are the ones for
Windows® 7 but are basically the same for Windows Server® 2008 R2.) For information
about optimize drives (for Windows Server® 2012 R2), see item (3).
(a) Turn on scheduled defragmentation by Disk Defragmenter.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start > Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window appears. Click System and Security.

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4. Under Administrative Tools, click Defragment your hard drive.

5. The Disk Defragmenter window appears.
・ Under Schedule, click Turn on schedule.

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6. The Disk Defragmenter: Modify Schedule window appears. Select the Run on aschedule (recommended) check box.

7. As required, configure the frequency, day of the week, and start time ofdefragmentation. We recommend the scheduled times of defragmentation you
configure do not conflict with the schedule of the applications for business use. The
initial schedule of defragmentation is as follows.
・ Frequency: Weekly
・ Day of the week: Wednesday
・ Start time: 1:00
8. Click Select disks.
9. The Disk Defragmenter: Select Disks For Schedule window appears. As required,select the drives you want to defragment.
・ Click OK.

10. The Disk Defragmenter: Modify Schedule window appears. Click OK.

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11. The configured schedules are displayed under Schedule. Check the contents, andclick Close to close the window.

(b) Run Disk Defragmenter manually.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start > Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window appears. Click System and Security.
4. Under Administrative Tools, click Defragment your hard drive.

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5. The Disk Defragmenter window appears.
・ Under Current status, select the drive you want to defragment, and click
Defragment disk.

・ When the defragmentation process is complete, the date and time of thedefragmentation is displayed in the Last Run column.
6. Click Close to close the window.

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On this computer, scheduled drive optimization is turned off. If you want to optimize drives,
you can do that by using either one of the methods below.
(a) Turn on scheduled drive optimization.
(b) Optimize drives manually.
The procedure of each method is described below.
(a) Turn on the scheduled defragmentation.
1. If you are not signed in to the computer as an administrator, sign in to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On the menu, click Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window appears. Click System and Security.
4. Under Administrative Tools, click Defragment and optimize your drives.

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5. The Optimize Drives window appears.
・ Under Scheduled optimization, click Turn on.

6. The Optimization schedule pane appears. Select the Run on a schedule(recommended) check box.

7. Select the frequency of scheduled drive optimization based on your needs. The initialschedule of defragmentation is as follows.
・ Frequency: Weekly
8. Click Choose.

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9. The Select the drives you want to optimize on a regular schedule pane appears.
Select the drives you want to optimize based on your needs.
・ Click OK.

10. The Optimization schedule pane appears. Click OK.
11. The configured schedules are displayed under Scheduled optimization. Check thecontents, and click Close to close the window.

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1. If you are not signed in to the computer as an administrator, sign in to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On the menu, click Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window appears. Click System and Security.
4. Under Administrative Tools, click Defragment and optimize your drives.
5. The Optimize Drives window appears.
・ Under Status, select the drive you want to optimize, and click Optimize.

・ When the defragmentation process is complete, the date and time of thedefragmentation is displayed in the Last run column.
6. Click Close to close the window.

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4.5 Security Enhancements(1) Allowing passing through Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall is enabled by default. This may sometimes prevent a program fromworking because the network connections from the program are blocked. If this situation
happens, you can select form the following three options to allow those network
connections to pass through Windows Firewall:(a) Disabling Windows Firewall.
(b) Registering the program as an exception.
(c) Registering a port used by the program as an exception.
The setup procedure of each option is described below. (The screen images shown are theones for Windows® 7 but are basically the same for Windows Server® 2008 R2 andWindows Server® 2012 R2.)(a) Disabling Windows Firewall.
To disable Windows Firewall, follow the procedure below. After this procedure, network
connections from all programs are not blocked anymore.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window is displayed. Click System and Security.
4. The System and Security window is displayed.
・Click Windows Firewall.
5. The Windows Firewall window is displayed.
・Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off.
6. The Customize Settings window is displayed.
・Select Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended).
・Click OK.

7. Close the Windows Firewall window.
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To register the program as an exception for Windows Firewall, follow the procedure
below. After this procedure, network connections from the program registered as an
exception are not blocked anymore.
(For Windows Server® 2012 R2, "program" in the procedure must be replaced with"app".)
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window is displayed. Click System and Security.
4. The System and Security window is displayed.
・Click Windows Firewall.
5. The Windows Firewall window is displayed.
・Click Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall.
6. The Allowed Programs window is displayed.
・Click Allow another program.
* If the Allow another program button is disabled, click Change settings. That will
enable the Allow another program button.

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7. The Add a Program window is displayed.
・Select a program you want to unblock. If you want to select a program not in thelist, click Browse to select a file.
・Click Add.

8. Confirm that the selected program is registered in the Allowed programs andfeatures list in the Allowed Programs window. And then click OK.
9. Close the Windows Firewall window.
Alternatively, you can register a program as an exception when the following dialog box
is displayed upon an incoming connection to the program if you selected the Notify me
when Windows Firewall blocks a new program check boxes in the Windows Firewall
settings.

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1. When the network connection of the launched application is blocked, the following
dialog box is displayed.
・Click Allow access.

2. Then this program is registered as an exception.

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4. PRECAUTION(c) Registering a port used by the program as an exception.
To register a port used by the program as an exception, follow the procedure below.
After this procedure, network connections through the port registered as an exception are
not blocked anymore.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. The Control Panel window opens. Click System and Security.
4. The System and Security window opens.
・Click Windows Firewall.
5. The Windows Firewall window opens.
Click Advanced settings.
6. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window is displayed.
・Click Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules.
・In the Actions pane, click New Rule.
* Select either Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules based on how the port is used.
From this point on, we assume that Inbound Rules is selected.
7. The New Rule window of the New Inbound Rule Wizard is displayed.
・Choose Port and click Next.

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8. The Protocols and Ports window of the New Inbound Rule Wizard is displayed.
・Select a protocol type.
・Select either All local ports or Specific local ports.
・If you select Specific local ports, enter a port number.
・Click Next.

9. The Action window of the New Inbound Rule Wizard is displayed.
・Select Allow the connection.
・Click Next.

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10. The Profile window of the New Inbound Rule Wizard is displayed.
・Specify the profiles to which the rule applies.
・Click Next.

11. The Name window of the New Inbound Rule Wizard is displayed.
・In the Name box, type the name of the port.
・Click Finish.

12. Confirm that the just created rule is registered in the Inbound Rule list in the
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window. And then close the window.
13. Close the Windows Firewall window.
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Internet Explorer® is capable of unblocking its pop-up windows.
If you enable this feature and a web application you use is using pop-up windows, theapplication may not work properly because pop-ups from the application are blocked. To
disable the pop-up blocker function, follow the procedure below.
1. Start Internet Explorer®.
2. On the menu bar or command bar, click Tool > Pop-up Blocker > Turn Off Pop-up
Blocker.
* If the menu bar or command bar is not displayed, right-click the title bar of thewindow to show the right-click menu. On the menu, click Menu bar or
Command bar.

3. If the Pop-up Blocker window appears, click Yes.

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4.6

STOP Error (0x7e) While Using File Sharing
A STOP error (0x7e) may occur while file sharing over a network is used if the file serveruses Windows® 7 or Windows Server® 2008 R2. When you use file sharing, visit thefollowing URL of Microsoft for the details and corrective actions.
Operating system intermittently crashes with a “0x0000007E” Stop error message on acomputer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528614

4.7 Factory-Shipped Network Settings(1) Turning off Scalable Networking Pack (SNP)The purpose of SNP is to reduce the processor load by delegating TCP-related processing to
the network adapter. SNP is made of the following three features.
・ TCP Chimney Offload
・ Receive Side Scaling (RSS)・ Network Direct Memory Access (NetDMA)
Unfortunately, if the system in Windows® 7 is used with SNP turned on, processing the
network may become unstable, or the network performance may be reduced when you use the
network in specific ways. This is why SNP is disabled in this computer. Note that NetDMA is
not supported by Windows Server® 2012 R2.
(2) Turning off checksum offload
The purpose of checksum offload is to reduce the processor load by delegating TCP and IP
checksum calculation to the network adapter.
Unfortunately, it has been reported that network communication hangs up in some cases due
to checksum processing in the network adapter if the system in Windows® 7 is used withchecksum offload turned on. This is why checksum offload is disabled in this computer (*).
* Both the OS and the network adapter have the setting for turning on and off checksum
offload. But on this computer, the checksum offload is disabled in the OS setting. Note thatthe checksum offload on/off setting of the OS has precedence over that of the network
adapter. As a result, even if checksum offload is enabled in the network adapter setting,checksum offload is actually disabled if checksum offload is disabled in the OS setting.
Do the following if you want to turn on checksum offload.
(a) Enable checksum offload.
(b) Disable checksum offload. (Use this procedure when you want to disable checksum
offload after you enabled it.)

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Each procedure is described below.
(a) Enable checksum offload.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start. In the Search programs and files box at the lower left corner, type thefollowing, and then press Enter.
（In Windows Server® 2012 R2, right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On themenu, click Run. In the Open box, type the following, and then click OK.）
C:\HITACHI\Settings\CSOffload\EnableOffload.reg(Alternatively, double-click the EnableOffload.reg file under
C:\HITACHI\Settings\CSOffload.)
3. If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
4. A warning message for changing registry information is displayed. Click Yes.
5. A message is displayed to indicate that registry information is added successfully.
Click OK.
6. Restart the system.
(b) Disable checksum offload.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator, log on to the computer as
an administrator.
2. Click Start. In the Search programs and files box at the lower left corner, type thefollowing, and then press Enter.
（In Windows Server® 2012 R2, right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On themenu, click Run. In the Open box, type the following, and then click OK.）
C:\HITACHI\Settings\CSOffload\DisableOffload.reg(Alternatively, double-click the DisableOffload.reg file under
C:\HITACHI\Settings\CSOffload.)
3. If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
4. A warning message for changing registry information is displayed. Click Yes.
5. A message is displayed to indicate that registry information is added successfully.
Click OK.
6. Restart the system.

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4.8 Note on the Application Error Displayed at Shutdown
In Windows Server® 2012 R2, if you select Shut down (or Restart) in the right-clickmenu on the Start button, the following explorer.exe - Application Error dialog box may bedisplayed. When you want to shut down the server, use either one of the methods below.
(1) Shut down from the Start screen.
(2) Shut down from a charm.

Reference URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2929203/
Title:
Application error in Explorer.exe when you shut down or restart
Windows(1) Shut down from the Start screen.
1. Click Start. The Start screen appears.
2. Click the
button near the upper-right corner of the Start screen, and click Shut
down (or Restart).

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1. Move the mouse pointer to the upper-right corner or lower-right corner of the desktop
to display charms.
2. Click Settings to show the Settings charm.

3. In the Settings charm, click the

button. Then click Shut down (or Restart).

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APPENDIX A

SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)

APPENDIX A SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode
(FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)This appendix describes the setup procedure when Windows XP Mode is used. Follow this setup
procedure only if you use Windows XP Mode and after you read the following notes carefully.
NOTE・Built-in Windows® 7 models of this product come with Windows XP Mode (virtualenvironment with lichened Windows® XP installed).
Windows XP Mode is a feature intended for running Windows® XP applications
that cannot run in Windows® 7. This feature must be used as a last resort tomaintain compatibility for applications. Use this feature only if you cannot resolve
the compatibility issue of an application in any other ways.
・It is not guaranteed that all Windows® XP applications can run in Windows XP
Mode.
・When using Windows XP Mode, install the main memory card that satisfies thefollowing sizes:
If the OS is a 32-bit version: 2 GB or more
If the OS is a 64-bit version: 3 GB or more・Windows® 7 comes with the Multilingual User Interface (MUI) for the host OS,
but Windows XP Mode can only provide an English version of Windows® XP.
< If Windows XP Mode is not used >The files used for setting up Windows XP Mode include a virtual hard disk file for the guest
OS and therefore occupy about 700 MB of disk space. If Windows XP Mode is not used, werecommend that you follow the procedure below to delete the directory storing those files.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to the computer
as an administrator account.
2. Start the command prompt.
・Click Start and point to All Programs.
・Click Accessories.
・Right-click Command Prompt to show a menu. On the menu, click Run asadministrator.
(If the administrator account you used for log on is a built-in administrator account,simply click Command Prompt.)
・If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
3. At the command prompt, type the following and press Enter.
rmdir /s C:\HITACHI\XP_Mode

4. A confirmation message for the deleting directory is output. Type y and then press Enter.

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SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)(1) Overview of the setup procedure
From this on, the setup procedure of Windows XP Mode (guest OS: Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional) is explained.
The following is a rough flow chart of the setup.
Installing Windows XP Mode

For details, see “(2) Installing Windows XP Mode”.
・Windows XP Mode is installed.
・The procedure takes about 10 minutes.

Installing Windows Virtual PC

For details, see “(3) Installing Windows Virtual PC”.
・Windows Virtual PC is installed.
・The procedure takes about 5 minutes.

Preparing Windows® 7 setup

For details, see “(4) Preparing Windows XP Mode
setup”.
・This shows a list of the items you need to decide orcheck before you start setup work.

Setting up Windows XP Mode

For details, see “(5) Setting up Windows XP Mode”.
・Basic settings of Windows XP Mode are configured.
・The procedure takes about 10 minutes.

Setup completes

For information about how to delete Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC from thecomputer, see “(6) Uninstalling Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC”.
NOTE
・Windows XP Mode requires Windows Virtual PC to be installed in order to run
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP3 on the virtual machine.
・End users are responsible for installing Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual
PC. Alternatively, the personnel in charge of constructing the system can do theinstallation work in behalf of the end users.

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SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)(2) Installing Windows XP Mode
Follow the procedure below to install Windows XP Mode:
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to thecomputer as an administrator account.
2. Start the command prompt to start an installation program.
・Click Start and point to All Programs.
・Click Accessories.
・Right-click Command Prompt to show a menu. On the menu, click Run asadministrator.
(If the administrator account you used for log on is a built-in administrator account,simply click Command Prompt.)
・If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.

3. At the command prompt, type the following and press Enter.
cd C:\HITACHI\XP_Mode

4. And then type the following and press Enter. Installation starts.
WXPMode_install.bat

5. When the installation finishes, the following message is displayed to indicate theinstallation is complete.
Installation completed.

This completes the installation procedure. Close the command prompt.

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SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)(3) Installing Windows Virtual PC
Follow the procedure below to install Windows Virtual PC.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to thecomputer as an administrator account.
2. Start a setup program.
・Click Start. In the Search programs and files box at the lower left corner on the Startmenu, type the following, and then press Enter.
C:\HITACHI\XP_Mode\Virtual-PC

・The Windows Explorer window is displayed. Double-click a setup program under the
directory. Note that a setup program is different depending on whether the OS is a 32-bit
or 64-bit version.
If the OS is a 32-bit version: Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu
If the OS is a 64-bit version: Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu
3. The Windows Update Standalone Installer window opens. Click Yes.

4. The Download and Install Updates window opens. Read the license terms carefully, andthe click I Accept. Installation starts.

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5. After the installation is complete, a window is displayed to prompt you to restart thesystem. Click Restart Now to restart. Restart begins.

(4) Preparing Windows XP Mode setup
The following items are necessary for the setup work for Windows XP Mode. Before you start
the setup work, decide or check those items beforehand.
Item
Password for XPMUser

Description
A password for XPMUser (administrator account of the computer)
You can change the setting after the setup.

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SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)(5) Setting up Windows XP Mode
Follow the procedure below to set up Windows XP Mode.
1. Click Start and point to All Programs.
2. Click Windows Virtual PC > Windows XP Mode.

3. The Windows XP Mode License Agreement is displayed.
・Read the license agreement carefully and select the I accept the license terms checkbox. Click Next.

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4. The Installation folder and credentials window opens.
・In the Password and Confirm password boxes, type a password for XPMUser.
・Click Next.

5. A window for configuring Automatic Updates is displayed.
・Select Not right now and click Next.

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6. A window is displayed to indicate setup will share the drives.
・Click Start Setup.

7. A window is displayed to show the Windows XP Mode setup is progressing.

When the setup is complete, the virtual machine is started and you are automatically logged
on as an XPMUser.
The following event may be recorded in the event log after the first logon. The operation of
the system will not be affected.

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Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7005
Type: Error
NOTE
When Windows XP Mode is started for the first time after the setup, you may findthe time zone of Windows XP Mode is not the same as the time zone of Windows®
7. If this happens, you need to manually change the time zone of Windows XP
Mode so that they are the same.

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SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)(6) Uninstalling Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC
When you delete Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC from the computer, follow theprocedure described in this section to uninstall those two.
NOTE
If any application programs are running, exit all application programs before you
start uninstallation.

(a) Uninstalling Windows XP Mode
Follow the procedure below to uninstall Windows XP Mode.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to thecomputer as an administrator account.
2. Start Command Prompt to launch an uninstallation program.
・Click Start and point to All Programs.
・Click Accessories.
・Right-click Command Prompt to show a menu. On the menu, click Run asadministrator.
(If the administrator account you used for log on is a built-in administrator account,simply click Command Prompt.)
・If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.

3. At the command prompt, type the following and press Enter.
cd “C:\HITACHI\XP_Mode\Windows XP Mode”

4. And then type the following and press Enter.
WXPMode_uninst.bat

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5. At the beginning of the uninstallation, the “Do you want to uninstall Windows XP Mode?
(y/n)” message is displayed.
If you want to uninstall, press y and press Enter.
If you do not want to uninstall, press n, and press Enter. The unsinstallaion will beaborted.
6. When the uninstallation finishes, the following message is displayed to indicate theuninstallation is complete:
Uninstallation completed.

This completes the uninstallation procedure for Windows XP Mode. Close the commandprompt, and then uninstall Windows Virtual PC.

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SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN USING Windows XP Mode (FOR Windows® 7 ONLY)(b) Uninstalling Windows Virtual PC
Follow the procedure below to uninstall Windows Virtual PC.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to thecomputer as an administrator account.
2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. Click Programs.
4. Under Programs and Features, click View installed updates.

5. The Installed Updates window opens. From the list, select Windows Virtual PC(KB958559) and then click Uninstall.

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6. The Uninstall an update window is displayed. Click Yes.

7. After the installation is complete, a window is displayed to prompt you to restart thesystem. Click Restart Now to restart.

This completes the uninstallation procedure for Windows Virtual PC.
NOTE
When you want to reinstall Windows XP Mode, follow “(2) Installing Windows XP
Mode” and “(5) Setting up Windows XP Mode” in APPENDIX A. You may see thefollowing dialog box during Windows XP Mode setup. In this case, click Create
New to continue the setup process.

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APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUALENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2)
Windows Server® 2008 R2 provides one free guest OS license, and this product offers a virtualenvironment on which Windows Server® 2008 R2 is installed as the guest OS.
This appendix describes the setup procedures of a virtual environment. Follow this setup procedure
only if you build a virtual environment and after you read the following notes carefully.
NOTE
When you use a guest OS (Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard) installed on a virtual
machine, the guest OS must be activated. Details about the activation process of theguest OS and the privacy policy of Microsoft are displayed when the virtualenvironment is started for the first time.

<If you are not using a virtual environment>
The files used for setting up a virtual environment include a virtual hard disk file for the guest
OS and therefore occupy about 3GB of disk space. If a virtual environment is not used, werecommend that you follow the procedures below to delete the directory storing these files.
1. If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator account, log on to the computer
as an administrator account.
2. Start a command prompt.
 Click Start, and then point to All Program.
 Click Accessories.
 Right-click Command Prompt to show a menu. On the menu, click Run asadministrator.
(If the administrator account you used for logon is a built-in administrator account,simply click Command Prompt.)
 If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
3. At the command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter.
rmdir /s C:\HITACHI\Hyper-V_Image

4. A confirmation message for the deleting directory is output. Type y and then press Enter.

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This section describes the procedure for setting up a pre-installed virtual machine (guest OS:
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard ).
The following flow outlines the setup.

Installation of a virtual environment

Installation of Hyper-V®

Import of a virtual machine

Preparation for guest OS setup

Guest OS setup

Windows® license authentication

For details, see “(2) Installation of a virtualenvironment”.
 Add the virtual environment used by Hyper-V®.
 The estimated time of work is 15 minutes.
For details, see “(3) Installation of Hyper-V®”.
 Add Hyper-V® as a role of Windows Server®
2008 R2 Standard.
 The estimated time of work is 10 minutes.
For details, see “(4) Import of a virtual machine”.
 Add a virtual machine to Hyper-V®.
 The estimated time of work is 10 minutes.
For details, see “(5) Preparation for setup of theguest OS”.
 This section describes the items that need to be
determined (confirmed) before starting setup.
For details, see “(6) Setup of the guest OS”.
 Set up the basic items of Windows Server® 2008
R2 Standard.
 The estimated time of work is 10 minutes.
For details, see “(7) Authentication of theWindows® license”.
 The estimated time of work is 15 minutes.

End of setup

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Perform the following procedure to install a virtual environment.
NOTE
Install the virtual environment in “C:\Virtual Machine\WS08R2”.
If you have already used Hyper-V® to create and use the files under “C:\Virtual
Machine\WS08R2” as a virtual machine, this installation procedure overwrites
those files. Make a backup as necessary.
1. If you have not logged on with the administrator account of the computer, log on with theadministrator account.
2. Start the setup program.
 Click Start button and then click Run.
 In the Open box, enter the following name. Click OK button.
C:\HITACHI\Hyper-V_Image\Install.bat

3. When the installation confirmation dialog appears, click OK button.
4. When installation is completed, a completion message appears. Press any key.
The window closes and installation is completed.

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APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2)(3) Installation of Hyper-V®
Perform the following procedure to install Hyper-V®.
1. Click Start button. Click Administrative Tools and then Server Manager.
2. Click Roles. In the displayed pane, click Add Roles.

3. The Add Roles Wizard opens and the Before You Begin window appears. Click Next
button.

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4. The Select Server Roles window appears. Select the Hyper-V check box and click Next
button.

5. When the Hyper-V window appears, click Next button.

6. The Create Virtual Networks window appears. If you want the virtual machine tocommunicate with other computers, select the check box for the network adapter to be used
for the virtual network. Then click Next button.

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7. When the Confirm Installation Selections window appears, click Install button.
(Hyper-V® begins to be installed.)

8. When the Installation Results window appears, click Close button.

9. A message appears prompting you to restart the computer. Click Yes button and restart thecomputer. (Restart is performed several times until installation is completed.)

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10. After restart, the Installation Results window appears. Click Close button.

NOTE
It may take a couple of minutes for the Installation Results window to appear.
Just wait without using input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse.

11. When installation is completed, Hyper-V Manager is added under Server Manager.

12. Click [×] in the upper right corner of the Server Manager window to close the window.

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APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2)(4) Import of a virtual machine
Perform the following procedure to import a virtual machine.
NOTE
When you discard an existing virtual environment and configure a new virtualenvironment, delete the existing virtual machine from Hyper-V Manager and thenimport the new virtual machine.
When you delete a virtual machine, make sure you delete the virtual hard disk file.
The virtual hard disk file is the following by default:“C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\HITACHI_VM_WS08R2.vhd”

1. Click Start button. Click Administrative Tools and then Hyper-V Manager.
2. In the Actions pane, click Import Virtual Machine.

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3. The Import Virtual Machine dialog appears. In the Location box and the Settings
section, change the settings as follows. Then click Import button.
Location: C:\Virtual Machine\WS08R2\
Settings: Click the Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID) radio button.
Select the Duplicate all files so the same virtual machine can be imported
again check box.

NOTE
If you import the virtual machine without selecting the Duplicate all files so thesame virtual machine can be imported again check box, the files in the folder
specified in the Location box are directly used.
If the files in “C:\Virtual Machine\WS08R2” are not backed up, the virtual machine
cannot be restored to the initial status. We recommend that you select the
Duplicate all files so the same virtual machine can be imported again checkbox when you import the virtual machine.

4. When import is completed, virtual machine HITACHI_VM_WS08R2 is added under
Hyper-V Manager.

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NOTEAll the settings of the imported virtual machine are default settings. Change thesettings of the virtual machine to suit your environment.

5. Click [×] in the upper right corner of the Hyper-V Manager window to close the window.

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APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2)(5) Preparation for setup of the guest OS
The following table describes the items that are required during setup of the guest OS.
Determine (or confirm) the items before you start setup.
Item
License certificate

Administrator password

Description
Make sure that the license certificate is attached to the body of the
HF-W computer.
Check the product key (Virtual Key) written in the license
certificate.
Administrator password
You can change the password after you set it.

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Set up Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard.
Perform the following procedure to start the virtual machine and set up the basic environment.
1. Click Start button. Click Administrative Tools and then Hyper-V Manager.
2. Right-click virtual machine HITACHI_VM_WS08R2 to display a pop-up menu. In the
pop-up menu, click Connect.
3. The Virtual Machine Connection window appears. In the Action menu, click Start.
Setup of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard automatically starts.

4. The product key entry window appears. Enter the product key written in your license
certificate and click Next button.

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5. The license agreement window appears. Read the terms carefully, select the I accept thelicense terms check box, and click Start button.

6. When a message appears asking you to change the administrator password, click OK
button.

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7. The password entry window appears. Enter the password in the New Password andConfirm password fields. Press the Enter key or click [→].
NOTE
When you set an administrator password, the following rules must be satisfied.
 The password must consist of at least six characters.
 At least three out of the following four types of characters must be used: ASCII
uppercase alphabetic characters, ASCII lowercase alphabetic characters, ASCII
numeric characters, and ASCII symbol characters.
 Any three or more consecutive characters used in the user account name or username must not be used.

8. The password change completion window appears. Click OK button.
After that, you are automatically logged on.

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9. After logon, the initial configuration task window appears. Click [×] in the upper rightcorner to close the window and proceed to the next page to continue setup.
If you do not want to display this window at next startup, select the Do not show thiswindow at logon check box and click [×] in the upper right corner to close the window.

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APPENDIX B SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2008 R2)(7) Authentication of Windows® license
The guest OS (Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard) installed on the virtual machine has atechnology that prevents illegal copy called product activation. Before the user can use
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard, the user must obtain license authentication fromMicrosoft. License authentication can be provided over the phone or the Internet. Perform
either procedure.
(a)License authentication over the phone
1. If you have not logged on with the administrator account of the computer, log on withthe administrator account.
2. Click Start and then Control Panel.
3. Click System and Security and then System.
4. In the Windows activation section, click 3 days until automatic activation. Activate
Windows now. (The underlined statement changes depending on the status of license.)

5. Click Show me other ways to activate.

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6. Click Use the automated phone system.

7. In the Click the nearest location pull-down menu, select the nearest location. Click
Next button.

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8. Step 1 lists the phone numbers for the license authentication desk. Phone one of thenumbers.

9. Follow the voice instructions and enter the installation ID displayed in Step 2 on the dialpad of your phone.
When the authentication is completed, you hear the confirmation ID on the phone. Write
down the number.

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10. Enter the confirmation ID you wrote down in the previous step (9.) to Step 3. Thenclick Next.

11. When a message appears telling you license authentication is successful, click Close
button to close the window.

This completes license authentication over the phone.

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License authentication over the Internet
1. If you have not logged on with the administrator account of the computer, log on withthe administrator account.
2. Click Start and then Control Panel.
3. Click System and Security and then System.
4. In the Windows activation section, click 3 days until automatic activation. Activate
Windows now. (The underlined statement changes depending on the status of license.)

5. Click Activate Windows online now.

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6. A message, “The product key is being verified.” appears. License authentication begins.

7. When a message appears telling you license authentication is successful, click Close
button to close the window.

This completes license authentication over the Internet.

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APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUALENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)Windows Server® 2012 R2 provides one free guest OS license, and this product offers a virtualenvironment on which Windows Server® 2012 R2 is installed as the guest OS.
This appendix describes the setup procedures of a virtual environment. Follow this setup procedure
only if you build a virtual environment and after you read the following notes carefully.
NOTE
When you use a guest OS (Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard) installed on a virtual
machine, the guest OS must be activated. Details about the activation process of theguest OS and the privacy policy of Microsoft are displayed when the virtualenvironment is started for the first time.

<If you are not using a virtual environment>
The files used for setting up a virtual environment include a virtual hard disk file for the guest
OS and therefore occupy about 4GB of disk space. If a virtual environment is not used, werecommend that you follow the procedures below to delete the directory storing these files.
1. If you are not signed in to the computer using an administrator account, sign in to thecomputer using an administrator account.
2. Start a command prompt.
・Right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On the menu, click Command Prompt(Admin).
(If the administrator account you used for logon is a built-in administrator account,simply click Command Prompt.)
 If you see the User Account Control window, click Yes.
3. At the command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter.
rmdir /s C:\HITACHI\Hyper-V_Image

4. A confirmation message for the deleting directory is output. Type y and then press Enter.

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APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)(1) Overview of the setup procedure
This section describes the procedure for setting up a pre-installed virtual machine (guest OS:
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard ).
The following flow outlines the setup.

Installation of a virtual environment

Installation of Hyper-V®

Import of a virtual machine

Preparation for guest OS setup

Guest OS setup

Windows® license authentication

For details, see “(2) Installation of a virtualenvironment”.
 Add the virtual environment used by Hyper-V®.
 The estimated time of work is 15 minutes.
For details, see “(3) Installation of Hyper-V®”.
 Add Hyper-V® as a role of Windows Server®
2012 R2 Standard.
 The estimated time of work is 10 minutes.
For details, see “(4) Import of a virtual machine”.
 Add a virtual machine to Hyper-V®.
 The estimated time of work is 10 minutes.
For details, see “(5) Preparation for setup of theguest OS”.
 This section describes the items that need to be
determined (confirmed) before starting setup.
For details, see “(6) Setup of the guest OS”.
 Set up the basic items of Windows Server® 2012
R2 Standard.
 The estimated time of work is 10 minutes.
For details, see “(7) Authentication of theWindows® license”.
 The estimated time of work is 15 minutes.

End of setup

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APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)(2) Installation of a virtual environment
Perform the following procedure to install a virtual environment.
NOTE
Install the virtual environment in “C:\Virtual Machine\WS08R2”.
If you have already used Hyper-V® to create and use the files under “C:\Virtual
Machine\WS12R2” as a virtual machine, this installation procedure overwrites
those files. Make a backup as necessary.
1. If you are not signed in to the computer using an administrator account, sign in to thecomputer using an administrator account.
2. Start the setup program.
 Right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On the menu, click Run.
 In the Open box, enter the following name. Click OK.
C:\HITACHI\Hyper-V_Image\Install.bat

3. When the installation confirmation dialog appears, click OK.
4. When installation is completed, a completion message appears. Press any key.
The window closes and installation is completed.

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APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)(3) Installation of Hyper-V®
Perform the following procedure to install Hyper-V®.
1. Click Start. On the Start screen, click Server Manager.
2. In the Server Manager window, under WELCOME TO SERVER MANAGER, click
Add roles and features.

3. The Before you begin pane is displayed in the Add Roles and Features Wizard window.
Click Next.

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4. The Select installation type pane is displayed. Confirm that Role-based or feature-based
installation is selected. Click Next.

5. The Select destination server pane is displayed. Confirm that Select a server from theserver pool is selected. Click Next.

6. The Select server roles pane is displayed. Select the Hyper-V check box.

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7. The Add features that are required for Hyper-V pane is displayed. Click Add Features.

8. The Select server roles pane returns. Click Next.

9. The Select features pane is displayed. Click Next.

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10. The Hyper-V pane is displayed. Click Next.

11. The Create Virtual Switches pane is displayed. If you want the virtual machine tocommunicate with other computers, select the check boxes for the network adapters usedfor virtual switches. Click Next.

NOTE
・A network adapter is not displayed if a network is not connected to the network
adapter.
・You can create virtual switches later using the Virtual Switch Manager.

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12. The Virtual Machine Migration pane is displayed. Click Next.

13. The Default Stores pane is displayed. Click Next.

14. The Confirm installation options pane is displayed. Select the Restart the destination
server automatically if required check box.

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15. A message dialog box is displayed to confirm whether to restart the server automatically if
required. Click Yes.

16. The Confirm installation selections pane returns. Click Install. The installation process
starts. If required, the server restarts.

17. Sign in after the server restarts. The Installation progress pane is displayed. Confirm thatthe installation is complete successfully. Click Close.

NOTE
It may take a couple of minutes for the Installation progress pane to appear. Just
wait without using input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse.

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18. When the installation is complete, the Hyper-V Manager is added in the Server Manager
window.

19. Click the close [×] button near the upper-right corner of the Server Manager window toclose the window.

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Perform the following procedure to import a virtual machine.
NOTE
When you discard an existing virtual environment and configure a new virtualenvironment, delete the existing virtual machine from Hyper-V Manager and thenimport the new virtual machine.
When you delete a virtual machine, make sure you delete the virtual hard disk file.
The virtual hard disk file is the following by default:“C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\HITACHI_VM_WS12R2.vhd”

1. Click Start. On the Start screen, click Server Manager.
2. In the Server Manager window, click Tools > Hyper-V Manager to launch the Hyper-V
Manager.
3. In the pane to the left, click the virtual server where Hyper-V® has been installed. On themenu in the Actions pane, click Import Virtual Machine.

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4. The Before You Begin pane is displayed in the Import Virtual Machine window. Click
Next.

5. The Locate Folder pane is displayed. Specify the following under Specify the folder
containing the virtual machine to import. Click Next.
Folder: “C:\Virtual Machine\WS12R2\”

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6. The Select Virtual Machine pane is displayed. Click Next.

7. The Choose Import Type pane is displayed. Select the Copy the virtual machine (create
a new unique ID) radio button. Click Next.

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8. The Choose Folders for Virtual Machine Files pane is displayed. Specify folders, andthen click Next.

9. The Choose Folders to Store Virtual Hard Disks pane is displayed. Specify a folder, andthen click Next.

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10. The Completing Import Wizard pane is displayed. Click Finish.

11. When the import process is complete, a virtual machine, “HITACHI_VM_WS12R2”,
is added to the Hyper-V Manager. Click the close [×] button near the upper-right corner inthe Hyper-V Manager window to close the window.
NOTE
All the settings of the imported virtual machine are default settings. Change thesettings of the virtual machine to suit your environment.

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APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)(5) Preparation for setup of the guest OS
The following table describes the items that are required during setup of the guest OS.
Determine (or confirm) the items before you start setup.
Item
License certificate

Administrator password

Description
Make sure that the license certificate is attached to the body of the
HF-W computer.
Check the product key written in the license certificate.
Administrator password
You can change the password after you set it.

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Set up Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard.
Perform the following procedure to start the virtual machine and set up the basic environment.
1. Click Start. On the Start screen, click Server Manager.
2. In the Server Manager window, click Tools > Hyper-V Manager to launch the Hyper-V
Manager.
3. Right-click the virtual machine, “HITACHI_VM_WS12R2”. A menu appears. On themenu, click Connect.
4. The Virtual Machine Connection window is displayed. On the Action menu, click Start.
The setup of Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard automatically starts.

5. A screen is displayed to prompt you to enter a product key. Enter the product key printed
on the Certificate of Authenticity, and click Next.

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6. The MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS screen is displayed. Read the terms
carefully, and then click I accept.

7. A screen is displayed to prompt you to enter an Administrator password. Enter the
password in both the Password and Reenter password boxes. Then, click Finish.
NOTE
When you set an administrator password, the following rules must be satisfied.
 The password must consist of at least six characters.
 At least three out of the following four types of characters must be used: ASCII
uppercase alphabetic characters, ASCII lowercase alphabetic characters, ASCII
numeric characters, and ASCII symbol characters.
 Any three or more consecutive characters used in the user account name or username must not be used.

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8. The sign-in screen appears. Press Ctrl+Alt+End.
(Note) "Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to sign in." is displayed, but press Ctrl+Alt+End.
9. A screen is displayed to prompt you to enter a password. Enter the password for Password.
Press Enter or click [→] to sign in to Windows®.

This completes the setup.

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APPENDIX C SETUP PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (FOR Windows Server® 2012 R2)(7) Authentication of Windows® license
The guest OS (Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard) installed on the virtual machine has atechnology that prevents illegal copy called product activation. Before the user can use
Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard, the user must obtain license authentication fromMicrosoft. Do the following to authenticate the license (activate the Windows).
1. If you are not signed in to the computer using an administrator account, sign in to thecomputer using an administrator account.
2. Right-click Start. Then a menu appears. On the menu, click System.
3. Click Activate Windows near the lower-right corner in the window.
・ The Windows Activation window appears.
・ Follow the instruction in the window to activate the Windows.

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