Windows 2003 on Dell PowerEdge 2900 - can't see hard drive(s)
I am installing a new server on our network...it is a Dell PowerEdge 2900. All I really need to do is get Windows 2003 Server installed and SQL Server. The server has 3 80GB hard drives in it.
I followed the installation steps perfectly from the Dell CD that is provided....left the defaults that were set for RAID5 but after I have installed everything, all I see now is a C: drive that has 20GB (which I specified for my OS partition but I don't see the rest of my memory.
What am I doing wrong?
I followed the installation steps perfectly from the Dell CD that is provided....left the defaults that were set for RAID5 but after I have installed everything, all I see now is a C: drive that has 20GB (which I specified for my OS partition but I don't see the rest of my memory.
What am I doing wrong?
ocon827679
Did you go into computer management (right-click my computer and select manage) and ensure that there is nothing in disk management but the 20-gig partition? There should be an unpartitioned amount of space for the remaining 140 gig.
Yes, I'm sure the previous poster is correct - you have to create and format a partition in the rest of the space in order for you to see it in My Computer as available for storage.
^ yip. You probably just need to re-configure the remaining space as a logical Drive.
If you don't see it in Computer Management - Disk Management, you will need to go into your Dell Array Utility and set it up there. I believe it is called Dell Array Manager. Then you can set it up in Disk Management.
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ok ocon827679 i checked as you stated and it says there is 135GB unallocated in addition to my 12GB OS C: drive....whats my next step to "allocate" this to a new drive?
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