OK thats good enough for the new installation. I recently got my windows server 2003 installation corrupted. Now i just need to REPAIR INSTALL windows server 2003 keeping all the files and settings.

But this is not working, booting from windows CD does not pick up the hard disks, and booting from serverGuide CD does not give the repair option.

I dont have usb or any other type of floppy drive for the F6 driver installation.

Please Help



Dave wrote:

No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
24-Sep-07

No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.


Dave

tring2200 wrote:

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Friday, September 21, 2007 11:16 AM
tring220 wrote:

IBM Server won't install
Group,

I have tried everything I can think of.

I have an IBM x3560 7979 PSG server and I cannot get Windows 2003 or 2000
server to install on this. They both both start setup, say they are loading
the files, say setup is starting windows, then goes to the welcome to setup
screen. I then have the standard options: ENTER=cotinue, R=Repair, F3=quit

I hit enter and it tells me "Setup did not find any hard drives installed in
your computer". I have gone to IBM's site, got updated drivers and then
stopped dead in my tracks, there is no floppy drive on this system. I have
no floppy drive on any of the laptops or desktops I have.



I am looking for any help I can get here. I have gome through the MS and
IBM site and I am not seeing any other comments like this. Oh and I have
three of these and they all do the same thing.

Thanks for any help you can send my way,
Tim

On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:35 PM
Dave wrote:

You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version needed
You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
needed for the model you specified:

http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/sys...andind=5000008

You boot this CD and follow along to prep the server for install, it
will ask for the Windows CD eventually.

Hope this helps.

DP

tring2200 wrote:

On Friday, September 21, 2007 6:06 PM
tring220 wrote:

Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading.
Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading. This is my first IBM server
so I was at a loss.

Tim

"Dave" wrote:

On Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:50 AM
Meinolf Weber wrote:

Hello tring2200,Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed
Hello tring2200,

Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed drivers on
this way. Another option is to create a installation disk with integrated
drivers.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.

On Monday, September 24, 2007 4:29 PM
Dave wrote:

No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.


Dave

tring2200 wrote:


Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
BizTalk Repeating Structures Table Looping and Table Extract
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...g-structu.aspx

Most servers still have SCSI drives; that means you'll need the right
driver(s) for the disk controller, you may need to know what kind of
RAID was configured on it, and then you'll have to load the drivers at
startup.

You'll simply have to get a USB floppy drive or hook up an old-fashioned
one to complete this; surely you can manage that somehow? They cost
about $15, not exactly a huge investment.


Ikram Abid wrote:

> OK thats good enough for the new installation. I recently got my windows server 2003 installation corrupted. Now i just need to REPAIR INSTALL windows server 2003 keeping all the files and settings.
>
> But this is not working, booting from windows CD does not pick up the hard disks, and booting from serverGuide CD does not give the repair option.
>
> I dont have usb or any other type of floppy drive for the F6 driver installation.
>
> Please Help
>
>
>
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> 24-Sep-07
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 11:16 AM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> IBM Server won't install
> Group,
>
> I have tried everything I can think of.
>
> I have an IBM x3560 7979 PSG server and I cannot get Windows 2003 or 2000
> server to install on this. They both both start setup, say they are loading
> the files, say setup is starting windows, then goes to the welcome to setup
> screen. I then have the standard options: ENTER=cotinue, R=Repair, F3=quit
>
> I hit enter and it tells me "Setup did not find any hard drives installed in
> your computer". I have gone to IBM's site, got updated drivers and then
> stopped dead in my tracks, there is no floppy drive on this system. I have
> no floppy drive on any of the laptops or desktops I have.
>
> I am looking for any help I can get here. I have gome through the MS and
> IBM site and I am not seeing any other comments like this. Oh and I have
> three of these and they all do the same thing.
>
> Thanks for any help you can send my way,
> Tim
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:35 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version needed
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed for the model you specified:
>
> http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/sys...andind=5000008
>
> You boot this CD and follow along to prep the server for install, it
> will ask for the Windows CD eventually.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> DP
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 6:06 PM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading.
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading. This is my first IBM server
> so I was at a loss.
>
> Tim
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> On Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:50 AM
> Meinolf Weber wrote:
>
> Hello tring2200,Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed
> Hello tring2200,
>
> Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed drivers on
> this way. Another option is to create a installation disk with integrated
> drivers.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
>
> On Monday, September 24, 2007 4:29 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> BizTalk Repeating Structures Table Looping and Table Extract
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...g-structu.aspx

The only solution to this problem is this: Take out the hard disk and put it
as a slave on another machine with a working OS(preferably XP. Vista works
as well, and I've not yet tried 7). Boot up the machine, and allow it to
check and repair the hard disk. You may not need to repair or reinstall.
I wasted hours trying to perform the normal repair operation, and when at
last I decided to backup the data and format the hard disk, Windows repaired
the errors on the disk, and I booted so perfectly that I only did a few disk
cleanups and virus checks to justify the long time I took working on it.

Samuel.

"Ikram Abid" wrote in message news:20103245274dasche@newsgroup

> OK thats good enough for the new installation. I recently got my windows
> server 2003 installation corrupted. Now i just need to REPAIR INSTALL
> windows server 2003 keeping all the files and settings.
>
> But this is not working, booting from windows CD does not pick up the hard
> disks, and booting from serverGuide CD does not give the repair option.
>
> I dont have usb or any other type of floppy drive for the F6 driver
> installation.
>
> Please Help
>
>
>
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> 24-Sep-07
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 11:16 AM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> IBM Server won't install
> Group,
>
> I have tried everything I can think of.
>
> I have an IBM x3560 7979 PSG server and I cannot get Windows 2003 or 2000
> server to install on this. They both both start setup, say they are
> loading
> the files, say setup is starting windows, then goes to the welcome to
> setup
> screen. I then have the standard options: ENTER=cotinue, R=Repair,
> F3=quit
>
> I hit enter and it tells me "Setup did not find any hard drives installed
> in
> your computer". I have gone to IBM's site, got updated drivers and then
> stopped dead in my tracks, there is no floppy drive on this system. I
> have
> no floppy drive on any of the laptops or desktops I have.
>
> I am looking for any help I can get here. I have gome through the MS and
> IBM site and I am not seeing any other comments like this. Oh and I have
> three of these and they all do the same thing.
>
> Thanks for any help you can send my way,
> Tim
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:35 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed for the model you specified:
>
> http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/sys...andind=5000008
>
> You boot this CD and follow along to prep the server for install, it
> will ask for the Windows CD eventually.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> DP
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 6:06 PM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading.
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading. This is my first IBM
> server
> so I was at a loss.
>
> Tim
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> On Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:50 AM
> Meinolf Weber wrote:
>
> Hello tring2200,Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the
> needed
> Hello tring2200,
>
> Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed drivers on
> this way. Another option is to create a installation disk with integrated
> drivers.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers
> no rights.
>
> On Monday, September 24, 2007 4:29 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> BizTalk Repeating Structures Table Looping and Table Extract
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...g-structu.aspx

The only solution to this problem is this: Take out the hard disk and put it
as a slave on another machine with a working OS(preferably XP. Vista works
as well, and I've not yet tried 7). Boot up the machine, and allow it to
check and repair the hard disk. You may not need to repair or reinstall.
I wasted hours trying to perform the normal repair operation, and when at
last I decided to backup the data and format the hard disk, Windows repaired
the errors on the disk, and I booted so perfectly that I only did a few disk
cleanups and virus checks to justify the long time I took working on it.

Samuel.

"Ikram Abid" wrote in message news:20103245274dasche@newsgroup

> OK thats good enough for the new installation. I recently got my windows
> server 2003 installation corrupted. Now i just need to REPAIR INSTALL
> windows server 2003 keeping all the files and settings.
>
> But this is not working, booting from windows CD does not pick up the hard
> disks, and booting from serverGuide CD does not give the repair option.
>
> I dont have usb or any other type of floppy drive for the F6 driver
> installation.
>
> Please Help
>
>
>
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> 24-Sep-07
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 11:16 AM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> IBM Server won't install
> Group,
>
> I have tried everything I can think of.
>
> I have an IBM x3560 7979 PSG server and I cannot get Windows 2003 or 2000
> server to install on this. They both both start setup, say they are
> loading
> the files, say setup is starting windows, then goes to the welcome to
> setup
> screen. I then have the standard options: ENTER=cotinue, R=Repair,
> F3=quit
>
> I hit enter and it tells me "Setup did not find any hard drives installed
> in
> your computer". I have gone to IBM's site, got updated drivers and then
> stopped dead in my tracks, there is no floppy drive on this system. I
> have
> no floppy drive on any of the laptops or desktops I have.
>
> I am looking for any help I can get here. I have gome through the MS and
> IBM site and I am not seeing any other comments like this. Oh and I have
> three of these and they all do the same thing.
>
> Thanks for any help you can send my way,
> Tim
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:35 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed for the model you specified:
>
> http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/sys...andind=5000008
>
> You boot this CD and follow along to prep the server for install, it
> will ask for the Windows CD eventually.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> DP
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 6:06 PM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading.
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading. This is my first IBM
> server
> so I was at a loss.
>
> Tim
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> On Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:50 AM
> Meinolf Weber wrote:
>
> Hello tring2200,Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the
> needed
> Hello tring2200,
>
> Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed drivers on
> this way. Another option is to create a installation disk with integrated
> drivers.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers
> no rights.
>
> On Monday, September 24, 2007 4:29 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> BizTalk Repeating Structures Table Looping and Table Extract
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...g-structu.aspx

The only solution to this problem is this: Take out the hard disk and put it
as a slave on another machine with a working OS(preferably XP. Vista works
as well, and I've not yet tried 7). Boot up the machine, and allow it to
check and repair the hard disk. You may not need to repair or reinstall.
I wasted hours trying to perform the normal repair operation, and when at
last I decided to backup the data and format the hard disk, Windows repaired
the errors on the disk, and I booted so perfectly that I only did a few disk
cleanups and virus checks to justify the long time I took working on it.

Samuel.

"Ikram Abid" wrote in message news:20103245274dasche@newsgroup

> OK thats good enough for the new installation. I recently got my windows
> server 2003 installation corrupted. Now i just need to REPAIR INSTALL
> windows server 2003 keeping all the files and settings.
>
> But this is not working, booting from windows CD does not pick up the hard
> disks, and booting from serverGuide CD does not give the repair option.
>
> I dont have usb or any other type of floppy drive for the F6 driver
> installation.
>
> Please Help
>
>
>
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> 24-Sep-07
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 11:16 AM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> IBM Server won't install
> Group,
>
> I have tried everything I can think of.
>
> I have an IBM x3560 7979 PSG server and I cannot get Windows 2003 or 2000
> server to install on this. They both both start setup, say they are
> loading
> the files, say setup is starting windows, then goes to the welcome to
> setup
> screen. I then have the standard options: ENTER=cotinue, R=Repair,
> F3=quit
>
> I hit enter and it tells me "Setup did not find any hard drives installed
> in
> your computer". I have gone to IBM's site, got updated drivers and then
> stopped dead in my tracks, there is no floppy drive on this system. I
> have
> no floppy drive on any of the laptops or desktops I have.
>
> I am looking for any help I can get here. I have gome through the MS and
> IBM site and I am not seeing any other comments like this. Oh and I have
> three of these and they all do the same thing.
>
> Thanks for any help you can send my way,
> Tim
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 3:35 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed
> You probably need the IBM ServerGuide CD, here is a link to the version
> needed for the model you specified:
>
> http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/sys...andind=5000008
>
> You boot this CD and follow along to prep the server for install, it
> will ask for the Windows CD eventually.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> DP
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2007 6:06 PM
> tring220 wrote:
>
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading.
> Thanks, I took the link and it is now loading. This is my first IBM
> server
> so I was at a loss.
>
> Tim
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> On Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:50 AM
> Meinolf Weber wrote:
>
> Hello tring2200,Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the
> needed
> Hello tring2200,
>
> Think about to buy an usb floppy drive and provide the needed drivers on
> this way. Another option is to create a installation disk with integrated
> drivers.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers
> no rights.
>
> On Monday, September 24, 2007 4:29 PM
> Dave wrote:
>
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out.
> No problem at all, please post back if that helps you out. I recently
> had the same issue where I came into a new company with a couple of IBM
> eServers and before these, I had never touched an IBM (modern-day) server.
>
>
> Dave
>
> tring2200 wrote:
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> BizTalk Repeating Structures Table Looping and Table Extract
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...g-structu.aspx