Yeah, that is my suspicion at this point. I will have to see what boot disks I have to use to format and recreate a partition.
Thanks, Mike On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > possible you had a glitch during the format ? Try booting with rescue > CD, UBCD, or any other type of boot system and then delete whatever > partition information is there, starting FRESH again ... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Michael A. Berryman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Sunday, June 08, 2008 7:48 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows Server 2008 Install issue > > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to install Windows Server 2008 on a Dell 600SC that was running > Windows 2003 Server. I loaded the DVD, put in the product Key and told it > to delete the partition on the disk because I wanted to start clean and not > upgrade. Anyway, it wiped off the old partition and allowed me to format > the drive (which only took about 1 minutes, 80 GB drive, so I am skeptical > it really formatted it), but when I select that drive to install on > (creating a new partition is not one of the options, it is greyed out, the > only option to select when I highlight the drive is next) it starts to copy > files and give me a "Windows could not prepare the partition selected for > installation" error message and can't go forward. Anyone seen this? Do I > need to create and format the partition another way? Any advice? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / > Virus Database: 270.0.0/1489 - Release Date: 6/7/2008 11:17 AM > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
