Window Server 2025 Contabo VPS Install Guide
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Window Server 2025 is latest version of Window Server. To install window server in Contabo we need some software and Addon in Contabo.
Software Needed in this process
WinCDEmu - https://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/download/
Window Server 2025 - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2268830&clcid=0x409&culture=en-us&country=us
Virtio Driver - https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts/blob/master/README.md
There are a few streps, we will discuss one by one .
Step 1: Create/Login into your https://my.contabo.com and Go to Custom Image section https://my.contabo.com/custom_images Order Custom Image.
Use WinCDEmu to access the ISO files ( unzip or mount ISO as Disc in PC) and then Create a new Folder like WindowServer-2025 and paste all files from mounted disc in it. Create a new folder inside previous folder named drivers and paste Virtio driver files from Virtio mounted disk in it.
Create new ISO using ImgBurn (create iso image from Folder/file option) Follow steps :
How to Burn ISO from Folder using ImgBurn
How to Deploy Window Server 2025 in Contabo
Why I Created this Article
Reason is simple never copy anyone's software or ISO, Create own. Never Trust other online. Be Safe
I already linked some video where you can easily get other steps one by one.
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