Comments on: Installing Windows 2008 on Dell PowerEdge 2950 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/installing-windows-2008-on-dell-poweredge-2950/ Sat, 25 May 2013 22:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: makarand http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/installing-windows-2008-on-dell-poweredge-2950/#comment-105241 makarand Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:17:08 +0000 #comment-105241 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

]]> By: erroneousgiant http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/installing-windows-2008-on-dell-poweredge-2950/#comment-93318 erroneousgiant Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:23:29 +0000 #comment-93318 Do you have the correct drivers for the hard drives for Winodws Server 2008? You may have to slip them into the installation media.

]]> By: jinteik http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/installing-windows-2008-on-dell-poweredge-2950/#comment-93308 jinteik Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:01:55 +0000 #comment-93308 are u using the startup disk (in my country it is white in color) to do the installation

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