Dell Server - Need help
I'm not really a hardware guy, but by default I have to deal with a problem I cannot solve. My wife's business has an older Dell PowerEdge 600SC server with a RAID 5 array. This is a back up machine in the event the new machine has a major problem. The server runs Server 2000 and will not boot. The 'progress bar' on the boot screen stops at about 1/4 of the way and will go no further. I have a legit copy of Server 2003 and the Dell bootable install CD. The machine will not boot from that either. I'm pretty much stuck at this point with the computer not wanting to boot from the HD or the CD. I have switched the hard drives around to no avail. Any suggestions? I'm over my head and know it, but still need to get this puppy running. Thanks.
I'm not really a hardware guy, but by default I have to deal with a problem I cannot solve. My wife's business has an older Dell PowerEdge 600SC server with a RAID 5 array. This is a back up machine in the event the new machine has a major problem. The server runs Server 2000 and will not boot. The 'progress bar' on the boot screen stops at about 1/4 of the way and will go no further. I have a legit copy of Server 2003 and the Dell bootable install CD. The machine will not boot from that either. I'm pretty much stuck at this point with the computer not wanting to boot from the HD or the CD. I have switched the hard drives around to no avail. Any suggestions? I'm over my head and know it, but still need to get this puppy running. Thanks.