Tuesday 30 October 2012

Server 2012 Install - We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one

Installing Server 2012 Std RTM today in my lab and I came across this beauty


We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one.

The solution turned out to be fairly straight forward. The Windows installer package didn't have drivers for the RAID controller so I was using a USB drive to load them. For some reason if I left the USB in when starting setup, loaded the drivers and then continued the install this occurred however if I insert the key when I need to load the drivers and remove when loaded all works OK!

I found other references to fixes that lead me down the USB drive path but nothing identical. Hope this helps someone
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 June 2013 at 14:08

    Thank you, this worked perfectly!

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  2. Sandwich8 October 2013 at 20:29

    This also solved the issue for me. Thanks!

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  3. Unknown22 November 2013 at 14:40

    Thanks - I knew this but forgot it and your blog just saved me a few levels of frustration.

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  4. Rely On IT Blog26 December 2013 at 21:18

    Thanks..Your solution worked great!

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  5. AwedBystander13 June 2014 at 13:12

    WooWoot! thanks peter

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  6. Unknown26 October 2014 at 23:32

    Just change the boot order in your BIOS to boot from the drive you are installing Windows to first. Then you won't get this error.

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  7. Leo10 January 2016 at 22:22

    Works great!

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  8. Unknown14 June 2016 at 14:52

    Me salvou!!!

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  9. Troy19763 November 2016 at 10:59

    Changing the boot order did it for me. Thanks

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