kidpressingbuttons Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Having issues getting my hp microserver to install any OS at the moment. Each time i try to install on the disk it says [h=3]We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files[/h]How would I get around this?
newpersn Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) It sounds like your using a wrong formatted hard drive. I'm guessing its seeing the hard drive ok. I'm just looking up on how to format your hard drive by using the cmd within setup. (Shift + F10) I had this on a windows 7 box. But i was using my old hard drive to install. (had server 2012r2 on it and wount let windows 7 install) Try this: Solutions of error "We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one" Check if you have an SD Card in the system. If you do, you remove it and run setup again. Once the setup fails to find the partition, just close the setup window (the top-right-hand side red X does the job). From that point, you should be brought back at the initial setup screen. Choose "Repair" then go to the advanced tools and start the command line. Start DISKPART. TypeLIST DISK and identify your SSD disk number (from 0 to n disks). Type SELECT DISK whatever disk number you have. Type CLEAN. Type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY. Type ACTIVE. Type FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK. Type ASSIGN. Type EXIT twice (one to get out of DiskPart, the other to exit the command line tool). After reboot and try installing again. Edited July 2, 2015 by newpersn
sted Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 what raid mode have you got the hdd's in maybe it dosent have drivers for that mode so cant find a hard drive. Alos on the g7 one to install windows 8.1/2012r2 you needed a bios flash
kidpressingbuttons Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Have already done that NewPersn- no joy! Gone with raid 1- drivers are inbuilt to the server. It sees the drives but wont do anything with them. Going to try installing through intelligent provisioning as that seems what alot of people are having luck with Thanks guys
rich_tech Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) You sound like you possibly need the raid controller drivers to add in during installation for windows to see the drive there, search for the raid controller drivers on hp website Our hp dl380e gen 8 had to have the drivers on a usb for 2012r2 to recognise the drive for installation Edited July 2, 2015 by rich_tech
Chuckster Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 I would probably run DISKPART using system recovery which initiates the command prompt. Type the command DISKPART and then type LIST DISK. Is it able to show you your HDDs? If so, try typing SEL DISK n (n=the HD you wish to install the OS onto) and then FORMAT QUICK. Then try re-installing. Do you have AHCI enabled?
3s-gtech Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Had this recently on a new laptop that I put Windows 8.1 on, then wanted to put 7 onto instead. Unbelievable difficulty in just installing a damn OS, I'm still not 100% what was going on (it came up with the above error message, then would hang while installing when I did wipe the disk, etc). In the end I put the partitions onto the disk on a different machine, then moved the disk across. Obviously, this is not necessarily an option when you have RAID. I tried: Installing the OS in AHCI, IDE and RAID modes (no joy) Totally wiping all partitions from the disk (no joy) Using diskpart from the command line tools from the Windows installer (no joy) Shouting a lot and swearing (no joy, but made me feel better) Pre-creating the partitions (success, eventually) Can you try another disk or disks? Have you tried shouting at it yet?
kidpressingbuttons Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Have not tried enabling AHCI yet so will give that a try. Im starting to favour the shouting option!
Oaktech Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 If it is still under warranty, have you updated to the latest Bios? There was an issue a while back with microservers not working on 2012r2 for reasons related to a network card issue (2012r2 got stuck installing at 84% and then bluescreened) or refusing to create partitions as you describe...
kidpressingbuttons Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Managed to get it installed. Need to copy the iso to a usb then run it in HP Intelligent Provisioning and configure all the settings from there!
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