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Troubleshooter24
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 Installing Windows 2008 on Dell PowerEdge 2950
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 2950, PERC Arrays, SCSI, SCSI Drives, Windows Server 2008
When I try to install Windows 2008 on my Dell Power Edge 2950 server it can not find any hard drives. I have a perc 6/i controller and 7 scsi drives. Help!

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ASKED: June 15, 2011  2:08 PM
UPDATED: March 22, 2012  1:17 PM
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hi Dell Power Edge 2950 is not support windows server 2008 check this http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/poweredge-2950/pd
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  March 21, 2012  1:21 pm  by  Akbarjaelani   15 pts.
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are u using the startup disk (in my country it is white in color) to do the installation

jinteik
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Do you have the correct drivers for the hard drives for Winodws Server 2008? You may have to slip them into the installation media.

ErroneousGiant
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You need to use startup CD in which the PERC controller drivers are available and that CD uses it to configure the BIOS setting on PE 2950 also it sets your RAID level of hard drive and does initial setup. You need to install Windows 2003 x64 first and then try to upgrade it to Windows 2008 which works and I tried doing the same on Del PE 2950

All the best,
Makarand

Makarand
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