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July 12th, 2011 04:00
R210 2008R2 System restore from backup image
I'm trying to define as simple a method as possible of restoring a system from an image captured using Server 2008R2 Backup. My problem is that I'm missing one or more drivers needed for the system repair.
I start the system from the OS Installation DVD, select "Repair your computer", and then opt to load drivers. The Explorer window that comes up shows only drive "X:", which seems to be a recovery partition on the HDD, not visible when the system is running normally (I hate it that MS hides all this stuff). It can't see the main partitions, nor can it see the DVD drive. I've tried loading the usual suspects (disk.sys, partmgr.sys, cdrom.sys), but just get a dialogue saying "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware". I fear I'm in danger of a Catch-22 scenario - I can't load the drivers I need to access any media because I need access to the media to load the drivers - if you see what I mean.
My system configuration is:
Poweredge R210 with:
Intel Xeon X3430 processor (2.40GHz, 4C, 8M cache, DDR3-1333MHz)
8GB memory (4x2GB single rank UDIMMs) 1333 MHz
250GB SATA 7.2k 3.5" HDDs
16x DVD+/-RW drive SATA
iDRAC6 embedded BMC
Windows Server 2008 R2, Foundation Edition, English 64-bit
C3 - RAID1 with PERC S100 (Embedded SATA Software RAID), Exactly 2 SATA Drives
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tcbaldwin
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July 12th, 2011 11:00
Thanks for this. Worked a treat. At last, MS has got remote backup and restore right. It's just a pity the necessary drivers aren't loaded on the Dell resource disk that came with the server.
theflash1932
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July 12th, 2011 11:00
There have been many discussions on this subject (drivers on the installation disk) on this forum, and just to summarize: Not only is it impractical to integrate all drivers for all possible storage controllers on the disk, but they are actually doing you a favor by not doing so ... many OEM's who do this end up blocking the disk from being used on any other machine of that brand. The fact that you have a (relatively - except only for OEM-specific stuff) unaltered Microsoft installation disk, means you have more flexibility with it. Providing storage controller drivers is by no means a new requirement, and is made very easy in Vista/2008/later OS's. You can also very easily create your own custom version of the disk with your machine's specific storage controller integrated into it.