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eldurso

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July 14th, 2011 18:00

Installing anything 64-Bit on Power Edge 2850

Have a PE 2850 and I am having a slight issue in that it wont recognize any disc that has 64-bit software on it. I can put a Win Server 2008 R2 disc in and it refuses to boot to the disc. The moment i put a 32-bit disc in it recognizes it and boots to the installation wizard just fine. Is there a BIOS setting to enable 64-bit support that I'm not seeing? BIOS are at the most current A07 revision.

theflash1932

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July 14th, 2011 19:00

There is no setting to "enable/disable" 64-bit, and every 2850 shipped 64-bit capable.  If it won't "boot" to 64-bit media, I would say it is a problem with the media (bad disk, ISO, etc.) and not a problem with it being 64-bit.  Keep in mind that 2008R2 is DVD ONLY, so make sure you have a DVD drive.  What OS is the 32-bit disk (as 2008R2 doesn't come in 32-bit)?  If you do indeed have a DVD drive and it still won't boot to it, I would:

  • Re-burn the ISO to DVD, even try using a different burning software like ISORecorder, CDBurnerXP, or the built-in Windows 7 utlity (right-click).  (You should NOT be able to see the ISO on your DVD when browsing it - you should see the actual installation files/folders.)
  • Re-download the ISO, if downloaded from Microsoft.

If you don't have a DVD drive, you can install easily using USB on the 2850 (this will work for all Vista-family and later OS's):
http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/15/installing-windows-2008-via-usb-thumbdrive/

 

kzedofff

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March 12th, 2023 20:00

no because i have same problem win 7 pro64

 

kzedofff

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March 12th, 2023 20:00

it will only recenize win 7 pro 64

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