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Install of Server 2022 taking hours

Tim In California 0 Reputation points
2024-07-13T19:02:46.94+00:00

We had a corrupted OS and decided to replace the OS disk with new disks (two drives in a raid 1 setup. We installed the OS on the new drive and that seemed to go pretty will, but after the last reboot, it is spinning and does not seem to be going anywhere. There is a 16 GB secondary drive that is attached that it seems to be accessing quite heavily. Is Windows scanning/indexing this drive before completing the last few steps of the installation? We are going on over 1 1/2 hours of watching the little dots chasing themselves in a circle.

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  1. Hemant Kumar 1 Reputation point
    2024-07-13T21:55:21.5066667+00:00

    Hi Tim, I would suggest boot the machine first in safe mode & verify & repair the corrupted disk.

    Booting in Safe Mode

    1. Restart your computer.
    2. Press F8 before the Windows logo appears. On some systems, you might need to press the F8 key repeatedly until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears.
    3. Select Safe Mode from the list of options using the arrow keys and press Enter.
    4. Check if C: [OS Disk ] is corrupted. by running the following command - " fsutil dirty"
    5. If found dirty then repair the OS disk with "chkdsk C: /f /r".

    Please accept the answer if this helps.

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