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    I am upgrading from the evaluation copy and I am getting a catastrophic error on "Creating System Partition". I thought this was supposed to be easy.
    Here is a portion of the log:
    [10/10/2009 3:27:13 PM  608] Success!
    [10/10/2009 3:27:13 PM  608] Install step is set to 3
    [10/10/2009 3:27:13 PM  608] Preparing drives
    [10/10/2009 3:27:40 PM  608] Preparing drives failed. Error 0x8000ffff.
    [TRACE] Looking for template _:\qs.ini
    [TRACE] Checked file C:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file D:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file E:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file F:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file G:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file X:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Template _:\qs.ini NOT FOUND!
    [TRACE] FindOnMedia : Exited (0x80070002)
    [TRACE] FindSetupFile : Exited (0x80070002)
    [10/10/2009 3:27:40 PM  608] MessageBox: Preparing drives failed: Catastrophic failure

     (error code 0x8000ffff).
    [10/10/2009 3:27:42 PM  608] Windows Home Server setup failed. The error code is 0x8000ffff. Please correct the problem and reboot to restart the setup program.
    [TRACE] Looking for template _:\qs.ini
    [TRACE] Checked file C:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file D:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file E:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file F:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file G:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file X:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Template _:\qs.ini NOT FOUND!
    [TRACE] FindOnMedia : Exited (0x80070002)
    • Moved by Ken WarrenModerator Sunday, October 11, 2009 1:15 PM installation question (From:Windows Home Server Software)
    Saturday, October 10, 2009 8:29 PM

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    I am upgrading from the evaluation copy and I am getting a catastrophic error on "Creating System Partition". I thought this was supposed to be easy.
    Here is a portion of the log:
    [10/10/2009 3:27:13 PM  608] Success!
    [10/10/2009 3:27:13 PM  608] Install step is set to 3
    [10/10/2009 3:27:13 PM  608] Preparing drives
    [10/10/2009 3:27:40 PM  608] Preparing drives failed. Error 0x8000ffff.
    [TRACE] Looking for template _:\qs.ini
    [TRACE] Checked file C:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file D:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file E:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file F:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file G:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file X:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Template _:\qs.ini NOT FOUND!
    [TRACE] FindOnMedia : Exited (0x80070002)
    [TRACE] FindSetupFile : Exited (0x80070002)
    [10/10/2009 3:27:40 PM  608] MessageBox: Preparing drives failed: Catastrophic failure

     (error code 0x8000ffff).
    [10/10/2009 3:27:42 PM  608] Windows Home Server setup failed. The error code is 0x8000ffff. Please correct the problem and reboot to restart the setup program.
    [TRACE] Looking for template _:\qs.ini
    [TRACE] Checked file C:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file D:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file E:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file F:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file G:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Checked file X:\qs.ini, error 2
    [TRACE] Template _:\qs.ini NOT FOUND!
    [TRACE] FindOnMedia : Exited (0x80070002)
    You have to provide more info than that.  Do you have all drives connected when you boot from the DVD?  Do you see all of your hard drives on the Load Additional Storage Drivers screen?  How far does it get before it fails?  Are you selecting Server Reinstallation from the drop-down menu?
    Saturday, October 10, 2009 11:20 PM
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    Try a different DVD drive.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Sunday, October 11, 2009 1:14 PM
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