Re-installed Windows, wrong drive letter
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From: Phillip Windell on 7 Apr 2010 10:29 "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uju1dmd1KHA.2028(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > When I returned the customer had found their Dell CD for re-installing > Windows. So I re-installed Windows, starting with the Dell CD, and > everything worked fine. Before I started I disabled Drive1 in the BIOS. > So unfortunately, I'll never know which of those 2 things prevented it > from making the system drive the C: drive. > But all is well once again. I've had to follow the same pattern on some old HP LH3 Servers that had an internal SCSI Tape Drive. It kept detecting the Tape Drive as if it was a HD and kept screwing up the intallation. so we just unpluged the Tape Drive,..did the install,...plug the Tape Drive back in. All was well. -- Phillip Windell The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. -----------------------------------------------------
From: JohnB on 7 Apr 2010 17:52 yup, this server does have an internal SCSI tape drive. "Phillip Windell" <philwindell(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uYsxw6l1KHA.3868(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:uju1dmd1KHA.2028(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> When I returned the customer had found their Dell CD for re-installing >> Windows. So I re-installed Windows, starting with the Dell CD, and >> everything worked fine. Before I started I disabled Drive1 in the BIOS. >> So unfortunately, I'll never know which of those 2 things prevented it >> from making the system drive the C: drive. >> But all is well once again. > > I've had to follow the same pattern on some old HP LH3 Servers that had an > internal SCSI Tape Drive. It kept detecting the Tape Drive as if it was a > HD and kept screwing up the intallation. so we just unpluged the Tape > Drive,..did the install,...plug the Tape Drive back in. All was well. > > > -- > Phillip Windell > > The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or > Microsoft, > or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. > ----------------------------------------------------- > >
From: Ace Fekay [MVP-DS, MCT] on 12 Apr 2010 08:47
"JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:u1$weyp1KHA.364(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... I'm glad you figured it out. It's always best to unplug all peripherals during any installation. Cheers! Ace > yup, this server does have an internal SCSI tape drive. > > > "Phillip Windell" <philwindell(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:uYsxw6l1KHA.3868(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:uju1dmd1KHA.2028(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> When I returned the customer had found their Dell CD for re-installing >>> Windows. So I re-installed Windows, starting with the Dell CD, and >>> everything worked fine. Before I started I disabled Drive1 in the BIOS. >>> So unfortunately, I'll never know which of those 2 things prevented it >>> from making the system drive the C: drive. >>> But all is well once again. >> >> I've had to follow the same pattern on some old HP LH3 Servers that had an >> internal SCSI Tape Drive. It kept detecting the Tape Drive as if it was a >> HD and kept screwing up the intallation. so we just unpluged the Tape >> Drive,..did the install,...plug the Tape Drive back in. All was well. >> >> >> -- >> Phillip Windell >> >> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or >> Microsoft, >> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > |