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Windows Cannot find Microsoft software license terms - During Server 2016 install
I am getting the following error when trying to install Server 2016 Standard. Any idea of the fix?
It's possible the media is corrupt in which case I'd try downloading from another location to avoid the same copy ISP has cached on their systems. I've also seen this with HP intelligent provisioning in which case I'd ask HP about a newer version of tool compatible with server 2016. Also some hypervisors such as VMWare add an additional floppy drive that causes install media to look for licensing on floppy, in this case remove the virtual floppy from guest and try again. Also try;
Bypassing Easy Install
- First start VMware Workstation
- Create A New Virtual Machine
- Select the option “I will install the operating system later”
- Then your new virtual machine will be added to your virtual library.
- Double click on your new Virtual Machine to start it.
- Then it will prompt that an OS is not installed and provide an option to insert the OS installation media.
- Simply click on Change CD/DVD Settings to select your ISO media then Restart VM.
Had this same error installing W2K16 eval under VMWare workstation 15.
For me the solution was to remove the virtual floppy drive VMW adds by default
Removing the Floppy drive worked for me as well. Thanks Nigel!
Dan_Snape removing the floppy disk also worked for me, thank you very much for posting
- Thanks!
- I realize this thread is old, but it sure saved me a lot of time! After removing the default floppy drive it magically works, so yay! Thank you Nigel!!
