Win2003 not recognize SATA drive

[Hamin]

Win2003 does not recognize SATA drive during installation.

My server is ML150 G3 Quad 160GB SATA HDD and it does not have a floopy disk drive.

Can I also find any SmartStart for HP ML150 G3?
Please help. Thanks.

[KarloChacon]

hi

yes because you dont have floppy you will need nlite(CD which includes the drivers fro your controller)

check this links

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1149606

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1146292

regards

[James ~ Happy Dude]

Hello Hamin,

No, there are no SmartStart CDs for 100 Series Server.

As per Karlo, nLITE is one option.

Other option is :
1. Install OS with Embedded SATA RAID Disabled(No Drivers or F6 required) on one Harddrive.
2. Once OS is installed, Extract the Embedded SATA RAID Drivers to a folder.
3. Goto Control Panel-> Add New Hardware->Device is connected->New Hardware->Raid Controller->Have Disk->Browse to the folder where the Embedded SATA RAID Drivers were extracted. Select the .inf file->Install Adaptec Raid Driver.

4. Restart the Server goto BIOS enable the Embedded SATA RAID.
5. Press F8 and goto Sata Raid BIOS->Configure the Drives->Create Array->Raid 0/1
A warning message will appear "Warning: Configuring the drives will erase all Array information from the selected drives, if that drive is part of an array. Arrays using any of these drives as members will be affected! Do you want to continue?(Yes/No):". Press "Y" to continue.

6. If Raid 1 is selected it will ask you what is the Source Disk, select the Right Disk in which OS was installed previously. Warning message might appear again. Select "Y".

7. Rebuild will take sometime, once rebuild is complete restart the server.

Once rebooted Raid would be detected and windows would boot up, in windows it would detect new hardware and Adaptec Raid drivers will be installed. Now Server is built migrated to Raid Successfully.

Regards,
James.