Hello;

 

I have been trying to install Windows Server 2012, Storage Server Enterprise on a Dell PowerEdge T110, for the last month. I cannot seem to get a proper driver CD / DVD created. When the OS install gets to the place where it wants a driver CD and I insert it,, it cannot see any files or the correct files its looking for,, I don't know if its because they are not the ones the install is looking for,, or they are in a format it doesn't like or what.

I have downloaded from the Dell website drivers for SAS Raid for the PERC S100 controller (for Windows 2008 R2,, there are none for Windows 2012?) and extraced them and put them on the CD, the install doesn't see them? or maybe its looking for graphic card drivers or something else,, I cannot tell which one its looking for??

I have also tried to install Windows Server 2008 R2 but get stuck at the very same spot in the install process. I do not have the original Drivers CD that came with the server, it seems that is the very first thing that grows legs and walks off.

Its been a couple years since I have had to install a new OS (newer than Windows Server 2008),, maybe I am doing something incorrectly.

I have nothing external connected to the server other than a USB mouse and keyboard, and monitor.

I could use a little guidance getting the proper driver CD that will work for either 2008 R2 or better yet 2012 install.

We had been using this as a backup Active Directory Domain Controller,, untill it started into a repetitive reboot and never stops and has no errors that I can see.

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