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Can you boot from a known bootable CD (not the installation disk)? &nbsp;It is possible the installation is not bootable for some reason.
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Can you boot from a known bootable CD (not the installation disk)?  It is possible the installation is not bootable for some reason.

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I agree - you should be using the server setup CD to perform the install so it properly includes all necessary drivers.<br />
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Alternative to CD - use a USB flash drive. &nbsp;Download or create an ISO image, then use the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool<br />
<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool" rel="ugc">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool</a>&nbsp;to put it on a flash drive. &nbsp;(Installs faster that way anyway).
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I agree - you should be using the server setup CD to perform the install so it properly includes all necessary drivers.

Alternative to CD - use a USB flash drive.  Download or create an ISO image, then use the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool] to put it on a flash drive.  (Installs faster that way anyway).

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I need to reinstall Windows Server 2008 R2. When I try to boot off the DVD, it says &nbsp;DVD drivers are missing. &nbsp;I was hoping to get around that by copying &nbsp;the contents of the installation DVD to my C: drive and installing from there, but that won't work, either ... says insufficient space, even though there is plenty.<br />
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I'm here by myself this holiday. Could anyone help me?<br />
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Thanks.
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I need to reinstall Windows Server 2008 R2. When I try to boot off the DVD, it says  DVD drivers are missing.  I was hoping to get around that by copying  the contents of the installation DVD to my C: drive and installing from there, but that won't work, either ... says insufficient space, even though there is plenty.

I'm here by myself this holiday. Could anyone help me?

Thanks.

installing windows server 2008 missing drivers

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.