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Error Message "Windows Cannot be Installed to this Disk" when Installing Windows on a RAID Volume
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Content Type Install & Setup
Article ID 000006825
Last Reviewed 06/02/2020
What am I seeing? The system is using legacy BIOS boot mode and has created a RAID volume. During the initial setup of Windows* Server 2008 at the "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, you see all the available disks
[including the RAID volumes created in RAID BIOS Console]. However, the following error message appears: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. [Show details]." The installation of the operating system cannot be completed even if you create a new partition and click Next.
Below is the screenshot showing the error details:
Why am I seeing it?
One possible reason that can cause this error is that the RAID BIOS is disabled in the controller properties.
You can see if the RAID BIOS is disabled during POST when the RAID is initialized.
How to fix it
To resolve this problem, you can enable the RAID BIOS using the preboot RAID configuration utilities. The steps to open the utility is different depending on the Intel RAID controller you are using:
- For 6Gbs controller [RMS25/RS25 family] such as the RMS25CB080, press [Ctrl] and [G] when Press to enter the RAID BIOS Console is displayed during system power on.
- For 12Gbs controller [RMS3/RS3 family] such as the RS3DC080, press [Ctrl] and [R] when Press to enter the RAID BIOS Console is displayed during system power on
- Select Controller Properties.
- Click Next and on the Properties page and identify the Controller BIOS setting:
- Change the Controller BIOS setting from Disabled to Enabled.
- Click Submit to save the changes.
- Exit RAID BIOS console and try installing Windows* operating system again.
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