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likuidkewl, Thanks for the quick response. I'm not running it in a script right now, just manually. Here are the commands I'm running: sel disk 0 clean create part prim size=8000 sel vol 1 assign letter=c I can verify the C drive is formatted correctly, and can verify there are files on it. The weird thing is I'm not getting a $LDR$ in the root, nor a BOOTSECT.DAT in $win_nt$.~bt. So I try this: winnt32 /syspart:c: This will give me the $LDR$ and BOOTSECT.DAT, but it still doesn't boot. Gary EDIT - One other thing I just found out. Running the install this way in Virtual PC works, so maybe it's something to do with the HP array??? 2003 has drivers for the array card I'm using, so shouldn't it work from PE or do I need to specify drivers in there someplace??

Hello all. I've been trying to get 2003 installed from PE for the last few days and keep running into the same problem. I was hoping someone here might have any ideas. I am trying to install 2003 on an HP Proliant DL360 G3 server. I have created a customized version of PE from my 2003 CD. I have included the i386 directory from the 2003 CD on the PE CD. I boot into PE just fine, run diskpart to create my primary partition and assign the letter C to the drive. I exit diskpart and format the C drive NTFS. I then change to the 2003 i386 directory and run the following: winnt32 /syspart:c: /tempdrive:c: I fill in the appropriate information, it copies files to the hard drive, and it exits back to PE. I type exit to let the computer reboot. It NEVER boots into the 2003 setup, it just sits there. I don't get an "Invalid system disk" error or anything. I can boot back into PE and see the files on the hard drive, it just won't boot. Everything is set at default and I'm running everything manually until I can get past this roadblock. I hope I've included enough information. Anyone have any ideas? Gary