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Upgrading Your Operating System
NOTICE:
When you upgrade your operating system by following the procedures in this section, only the
Windows components will be upgraded. If you upgrade your operating system by booting from the operating
system CD, a clean installation will occur and all data will not be preserved.
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Microsoft provides two upgrade paths for your operating system software. Table 4-1 provides
the supported upgrade paths for your software.
Table 4-1. Operating System Upgrade Paths
Current Operating System
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Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64
Workgroup Edition
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64
Standard Edition
NOTE:
When you upgrade your operating system to another edition (for example, Workgroup Edition to
Standard Edition), your system must support both editions. For example, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ 830 system
supports Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Workgroup Edition, but the platform does not support the
Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Standard Edition. As a result, you cannot upgrade your system as shown
in Table 4-1. See the Platform Support Matrix in the Important Information document for details about
operating system support for each platform.
Contact your Dell sales representative to obtain an upgrade kit.
Each upgrade kit is shipped with the new operating system media and a new Certificate of Authority
(COA) Product Key. Remove the COA label from the upgrade kit and place the label over the
existing COA label on your Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition system.
To upgrade your operating system, perform the following steps:
1 Open an Internet connection to your system.
2 Locate the Product Key that is provided with the upgrade kit. This information is required
to upgrade your operating system software.
NOTE:
The Product Key is located on the lower section of the COA. For more information on the COA,
see "Definition of Terms for Microsoft Software Owners" located at www.dell.com/ostechsheets.
Supported Upgrade Kit
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64
Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64
Enterprise Edition
Upgrading Your Operating System
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