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Windows Setup does not recognise Raid 1 Array "setup did not find any hard disk drives istalled on your computer" error

Asked by: SM17CH

Hi Guys.

I have a HP proliant ml 110 G4, and I am setting up sbs 2003 R2 on it.

It originaly came in a preinstall environment but It would not allow me to create my raid array until I formatted the disk.

I then created a raid1 array in the HP Embedded sata setup and made it bootable.

I then installed the Raid controller (ICHR7) by pressing f6 during setup.

The issue im having is that the windows setup doesnt recognise my array.

I get the error "setup did not find any hard disk drives istalled on your computer"

I also installed HP ProLiant Smart Array SAS/SATA Controller Driver for Windows Server 2003/2008

Im fairly confident but not 100% that these are the right drivers.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can sort this out.

or is there a bootable disk I can get which will help me out by installing the necessary drivers for me?

Thanks heaps guys

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2008-06-05 at 21:42:44ID23462709
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microsoft

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small business server

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2003 R2

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Hewlett Packard

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SBS Small Business Server

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Computer Hard Drives

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Windows 2003 Server

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Answers

 

by: Net_WorkerPosted on 2008-06-05 at 21:50:54ID: 21726284

For this you need to install the OS on a non raid drive then once the install is complete you build the raid. Its a pin but is the only way to build it. I spent hours on one of these no so long ago until I worked it out. Adding the driver to the Windows install for some reason does not help.

 

by: OnlyodinPosted on 2008-06-05 at 22:02:59ID: 21726327

I have the same Model server here, and we had a similar problem.

I ended up creating a Windows 2003 Install CD with the Drivers slipstreamed using N-Lite (http://www.nliteos.com/) and the install worked fine with the RAID 1 configuration.

From memory I had to write the SATA drivers to a floppy with the HP softpaq executable, and was then able to copy them to my workstation where I created the installation CD.

Alternatively, you could also look at using HP Rapid Deployment Pack or Windows Deployment Services (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) if you are looking to get a network-based install.
 

 

by: -PolakPosted on 2008-06-05 at 22:56:55ID: 21726537

Have the hardware RAID configured via the bios and whatever pre-boot utility you have, I recommend having the drives unpartitoned, but thats just how I did it.

You need to install Windows to a 3rd drive, (a 3rd drive that isn't going to be involved with the RAID) don't worry about installing SATA/RAID drivers on this install, once you have a windows installation running:

Find the latest SATA, Raid Device, and Raid Controller for your hardware online. Install those.
Once those are installed Go into Administrative tools>disk management.

In disk management create your should be able to see the 2 drives in a RAID that (even if they aren't showing up in my computer because they are unpartitioned) if you do have partitions on them delete them and create new ones via disk management.

Once you have make the partitions do not touch them in the windows installer (important).
Load those newest SATA/RAID drivers onto a floppy, or a flashdrive/cd if the installer allows you to import that kinda media like Server 2008 or Vista does.

I suggest SATA drivers first than RAID device then RAID controllers, this should let the windows installer recognize partitions you make earlier in disk management on their respective drives (ex. Partition 1 on Drive 0, Partition 2 on Drive 0) This would be a RAID 0.

If the installer does not see the partitions in the correct configuration beit RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 etc.... than I am very sorry for making you do all this.

-Coming from a very frustrated User, who is furious with Microsoft for not having up-to-date SATA/RAID drivers in the Vista/Server 2008 for his Nforce4 chipset.

 

by: -PolakPosted on 2008-06-05 at 23:01:22ID: 21726559

sorry for the bad grammar should read:

In disk management you should be able to see the 2 drives in a RAID (even if they aren't showing up in my computer because they are unpartitioned) if you do have partitions on them delete them and create new ones via disk management.
Once you have made the partitions do not delete them in the windows installer or bios utility (important).

Load those newest SATA/RAID drivers onto a floppy, or a flashdrive/cd if the installer allows you to import that kinda media like Server 2008 or Vista does.

 

by: Net_WorkerPosted on 2008-06-06 at 00:10:21ID: 21726823

Polak he is using a HP server with integrated RAID, your instructions are for software raid from Windows. Disk Management is not appropriate in this scenario.

 

by: -PolakPosted on 2008-06-06 at 00:39:14ID: 21726950

No I believe you are misinterpreting, notice how at the beginning of my post i say to set up the hardware raid via the bios and whatever HP software he has. And then install whatever windows onto a 3rd drive.

Now if he were to go into disk management and look at the unparitioned RAID disks without downloading the most recent SATA/RAID drivers then Disk Management would not show the RAID. But since I instruct him to download the necessary driver Disk Management "should" recognize the RAID, if it doesn't neither will the Windows installer. I never tell him to create dynamic drives or anything like that in Disk Management. Only partitions on the correctly recognized RAID.

They key for me was creating the partitions in windows rather than in the boot utility, the windows installer, or any 3rd party app.

Only once the partitions were made in Disk Management did the windows installer correctly recognize them post the f6 or in the case server 08 SATA/RAID driver load.

 

by: SM17CHPosted on 2008-06-09 at 17:56:48ID: 21747756

Thanks for the Help guys, im going to try installing it with drivers slipstreamed through N-lite, I am just wondering if this is the correct driver.

HP ProLiant Smart Array SAS/SATA Controller Driver for Windows Server 2003/2008

if i were to take those files and connect them to an install cd using N-lite would that be what you did to get it working onlyodin?

Cheers

 

 

by: Net_WorkerPosted on 2008-10-28 at 14:27:15ID: 22826568

Why would you not split the points on this? My recommendation is the HP recommended way to perform this procedure while Onlyodin provides an alternative workaround. Split points would seem appropriate.

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