Server 2008 installation problems

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Mike

Folks,

I'm having trouble installing Server 2008. I have a Dell PE 600SC with 2-80
Gb hard drives and I'm trying to install Server 2008. I had Server 2003
installed on this machine, but wanted to do a clean install, so when I
inserted the 2008 DVD and it came up to the partition table for the drives, I
told it to delete the partitions, which it did. However, while it has a
"New" button, I presume for creating a new partition, it is greyed out and
not available to me. It did let me format the drives. All I can do is
select one of the drives and hit "next". It says it is starting to install
then gives the error "Windows could not prepare the partition selected for
installation" and halts. It does that with either drive. Any idea what is
causing this and how to resolve it?

Thanks,

Mike
 
Do you have installed a non-standard HD controller? If so, you have to mount
the driver first. Normally, Vista drivers should work.

Ole
"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Folks,
>
> I'm having trouble installing Server 2008. I have a Dell PE 600SC with
> 2-80
> Gb hard drives and I'm trying to install Server 2008. I had Server 2003
> installed on this machine, but wanted to do a clean install, so when I
> inserted the 2008 DVD and it came up to the partition table for the
> drives, I
> told it to delete the partitions, which it did. However, while it has a
> "New" button, I presume for creating a new partition, it is greyed out and
> not available to me. It did let me format the drives. All I can do is
> select one of the drives and hit "next". It says it is starting to
> install
> then gives the error "Windows could not prepare the partition selected for
> installation" and halts. It does that with either drive. Any idea what
> is
> causing this and how to resolve it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
 
Thanks Ole. Since it's a server, I don't think there are drivers for Vista
or 2008 for the controller. I will look however.

Mike


"Ole" wrote:

> Do you have installed a non-standard HD controller? If so, you have to mount
> the driver first. Normally, Vista drivers should work.
>
> Ole
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:8877F52A-21AD-4D48-9FF9-1082F6A0050C@microsoft.com...
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm having trouble installing Server 2008. I have a Dell PE 600SC with
> > 2-80
> > Gb hard drives and I'm trying to install Server 2008. I had Server 2003
> > installed on this machine, but wanted to do a clean install, so when I
> > inserted the 2008 DVD and it came up to the partition table for the
> > drives, I
> > told it to delete the partitions, which it did. However, while it has a
> > "New" button, I presume for creating a new partition, it is greyed out and
> > not available to me. It did let me format the drives. All I can do is
> > select one of the drives and hit "next". It says it is starting to
> > install
> > then gives the error "Windows could not prepare the partition selected for
> > installation" and halts. It does that with either drive. Any idea what
> > is
> > causing this and how to resolve it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
 
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