How to… Avoid Installation Errors With Windows Home Server

By on June 13, 2007 in Windows Home Server

Philip Churchill’s written a great “How to” guide on ensuring you can install Windows Home Server without those dreaded installation errors. From experience, both Windows Vista and Windows Home Server are both highly susceptible to errors caused by a problem with DVD burning, due to their use of the new “WinPE 2.0″ installation system.

I remember during the Vista beta, Microsoft actually had to press a duplicate of a previously released build and send it out to a limited group of testers to figure out whether there was an issue with the code, or whether it was indeed with peoples’ DVD burners.

At this stage in the beta cycle, if you do get an error during installation, it’s more than likely to be as a result of your DVD burn. Philip’s guide holds some answers.


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Terry Walsh is the founding editor and owner of We Got Served. Since February 2007, the site has provided detailed coverage and analysis of the emerging home server category, and has subsequently grown into a trusted outlet for digital home news and reviews.
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  • Cal

    Is there any reason a 65Gb primary hard drive was set as the minimum? Or could you use a smaller primary hard drive if you actually had 2 drives (primary and slave) installed?

    I tries the setup with a single 40Gb hard drive and it didn’t like it. I was hoping to put the OS on the smaller one and then add a bigger secondary drive for the data, shares etc.

  • Terry Walsh

    Hi Cal

    Thanks for the comment. With RC1, MS are being stricter about enforcing the hardware requirements for WHS (which actually state an 80Gb primary hard drive is required).

    I doubt this is for any technical reason other than wanting to ensure WHS users have a great experience – as hard drive prices come down dramatically, 120/160/250 Gb hard drives are quickly becoming the norm, and the product team (I guess) want to set the minimum baseline to ensure that all WHS users have a positive experience using the product, without needing to replace/add hard drive space quickly to their rigs.

    My sense is this is more about ensuring the HPs and Dells of this world create strong specs for their WHS machines rather than leave them underpowered and customers frustrated.

    Those rules apply to all, however, so it looks like it’s a trip to the store to pick up a new HD, I’m afraid.

  • Cal

    Thanks Terry, I had an older 80G lying around and ended up using that for my primary drive. I really should have read the requirements first!

    As this is just RC1 and I have no idea what the final price will be, I just wanted to utilise what was lying around the house. I can understand the stricter requirements, and as you say, things are cheap enough nowadays.

    Cheers.