Windows 2008 Server Installer Not Detecting RAID5

Question

Hey everyone,

So I have been trying to install Windows Server 2008 (not R2) on a spare Dell PowerEdge 2650 but when prompted to choose an install location nothing shows, at the bottom of the window it says "No drives were found. Click load driver"

So I download the SAS RAID ,SCSI Drive and SCSI RAID drivers on the Dell website and put them on a USB and windows doesn't recognize the drivers.

This is driving me mad, I've tried all the suggestions found online and non are working

Any help is greatly appreciated.

*edit*

also have pictures of BIOs settings and the RAID settings if this will assist anyone

theflash1932 · Accepted Answer

When you configured RAID, did you also Initialize the Logical Drive?

Is your system firmware (BIOS, ESM, PERC) up to date? There is a very good chance that you'll need the latest firmware for drivers to work.

You should be using this driver:
http://downloads.dell.com/scsi-raid/ADAPTEC_PERC3-DI_A01_R192965.EXE

You must download and run the file to extract the contents before using them.

erini · Answer

I can't, it says 'We couldn't find any drives. to get a storage driver, click Load driver.' at the bottom of the 'Where do you want to install Windows'

erini · Answer

Ok ill try using that driver

erini · Answer

Thanks @theflash1932 this worked perfectly

PowerEdge HDD/SCSI/RAID

Windows 2008 Server Installer Not Detecting RAID5

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