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Dell Technologies Server Troubleshooting Guide
Unable to create a partition or locate the partition and unable to install Microsoft Windows Server
Issue
Unable to create a partition or locate the partition and unable to install Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with an USB, or DVD or from network.Solution
Ensure that the correct virtual drive (VD) partition is set as the first boot device. Install Microsoft Windows Server by using a USB 2.0 bootable drive.
NOTE:USB 3.0 is not natively supported during the Windows 2012 installation.
NOTE:For the list of supported operating systems, go to
supported OS list.
For more information, see How to resolve the "Windows cannot be installed to disk # partition #" error when installing Windows.
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