Restoring from IDR - Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed

[Chris_Hansen]

Ran a complete backup on my system then created an IDR CD. When I boot to the CD, everything seems to be running smoothly. It looks like all the appropriate drivers are loading, but then it will come to the screen that says "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer".

The system I am running is a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with the following:

--Windows 2003 Standard Server

--Adapter 39160 with attachments of:

--A - Slot 1
--SCSI 0 - Dell PV132T
--SCSI 1 - IBM Ultrium TD2
--SCSI 2 - IBM Ultrium TD2

--A - Slot 2
--SCSI 0 - Dell PV132T
--SCSI 1 - Quantum SDLT320
--SCSI 2 - Quantum SDLT320

PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller
-- PERC $4/Di
--LD0 - Raid 1
--LD1 - Raid 5

Initial regular and IDR backups run file with no errors.

Thanks,

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Chris Hansen

[Chris_Hansen]

Driver issue

[James_Darley]

You'll need to install the text mode driver (by pressing F6) when the Windows installation starts. You can download the driver from the location below:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&releaseid=R99970&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_2850&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=6395&devlib=0&typecnt=3&vercnt=2&formatcnt=3&libid=35&fileid=129538

Extract the driver to a floppy disk, press F6 when Windows installation starts (as the prompt tells you), when prompted, insert the disk.

If you need any help, drop me a line: jdarley(at)gmail(dot)com

Regards,

Jim