One trick is to boot to a Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows 7 disk, then on the first screen where you can select "next", you press Control-F10. This should open a Dos-window. Now you type in "diskpart", then you do a "list disk" to find the disk number (probably 0), then you do a "select disk 0" (or other number if needed), and then type "clean". This wipes everything off the disk in question (all partitions and therefor data (it's not a secure wipe though)). Now you cancel the install and boot to the 2003 install CD again.
I did not have immediate copies of the software you suggested. So, I did a low level format on the four hard drives within the array and recreated the array. I still have the same problem, OS can see the array, OS can partition the array, but when it comes to selecting a partition and installing the OS, it keeps giving me the same error message: create windows compatible partition. This is how the OS sees the array once it has been partitioned: Partition1 [ New (Raw) ], then the size of the partition. I am never given the option of formatting the partition.
If need be I can get copies of the OS you suggested and try that route.
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October 19th, 2011 06:00
One trick is to boot to a Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows 7 disk, then on the first screen where you can select "next", you press Control-F10. This should open a Dos-window. Now you type in "diskpart", then you do a "list disk" to find the disk number (probably 0), then you do a "select disk 0" (or other number if needed), and then type "clean". This wipes everything off the disk in question (all partitions and therefor data (it's not a secure wipe though)). Now you cancel the install and boot to the 2003 install CD again.
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October 19th, 2011 11:00
I did not have immediate copies of the software you suggested. So, I did a low level format on the four hard drives within the array and recreated the array. I still have the same problem, OS can see the array, OS can partition the array, but when it comes to selecting a partition and installing the OS, it keeps giving me the same error message: create windows compatible partition. This is how the OS sees the array once it has been partitioned: Partition1 [ New (Raw) ], then the size of the partition. I am never given the option of formatting the partition.
If need be I can get copies of the OS you suggested and try that route.
Bruce