- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL HOW TO#
- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL INSTALL#
- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL PC#
- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL PROFESSIONAL#
Cut and Paste the following into the cfg.ini file below…ĥ. Open the cfg.ini in notepad or any other text editorĤ. (Insure there is nothing else on the USB)ģ. Format an NTFS USB Flash Drive, and create a file on it using notepad in the root called cfg.ini. NOTE – Remember to insure all previous Data you want saved from the targeted drive is removed before installation or it will be permanently lost.Ģ. Remove all Hard Drives currently connected to you system with the exception of the targeted SSD or traditional SATA Drive that will be used for either your WHS 2011 Operating System.
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL INSTALL#
I assume no responsibility for any consequences of the install and the user will assume the full risk of any adverse effects of a bad installation.ġ. There is no 100% guarantee that this will install correctly as described in this article.
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL HOW TO#
The How to information is intended as a guide or a helping resource to those who are trying to install Windows Home Server 2011 on Hard Drives that are smaller than the usually minimum required 160GB.
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL PC#
From there Cheaper SATA drives can be used for Storage of Backups and Server data files. A 64GB SSD drive is still slightly expensive ($100 – US) but a far cry cheaper than if you would have gotten the minimum required 256GB SSD for the Operating System. So how can I build a Windows Home Server 2011 or even a Small Business 2011 Essentials Server with the advance technology of SSD hard drives and not have to Mortgage our house and sacrifice our first born? One of our own Forum Members found that very answer (See Acknowledgements at the end of this article).īy using the automated install option available with WHS 2011 our Forum Member was able to install WHS 2011 on a 64GB SSD Drive. Holy Crap Batman! I can build an entire Windows Home Server (or even buy one) for less than that. So if you want to install your primary WHS 2011 or even your SBS 2011 E on one of these babies since the minimum coded requirement for either operating system is 160GB you would need to buy a 256GB Solid State Drive for approximately $400 (US). The only problem is with this is they are still very, very expensive to obtain.
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 INSTALL PROFESSIONAL#
However in very recent years with the advent of the Solid State Drives (or SSD’s) your higher average Joe consumer, like the Hobbyist or even professional IT want to take advantage of the faster speed times and application responses that SSD has to offer. So for most consumers this is usually not an issue. Now granted nowadays you can usually buy a 1TB SATA drive for about $50 (US) or when you buy your PC or small business server that usually comes with a minimum between 250GB and 500GB SATA hard drive. So in Microsoft’s infinite wisdom they set a pre-determined absolute minimum size of what the system partition should be and subsequently the size of the secondary partition on the primary hard drive as well (which usually is determined by what is left over when the WHS 2011 or SBS 2011 E installer finishes making the primary partition). As we all know (or most of us anyways) when Microsoft began working on their newest version of Windows Home Server (and subsequently Small Business Server 2011 Essentials) they felt once again the need to treat the rest of the consumer population like uneducated children.