In order for the OS to communicate with the hardware, we need to load a driver for the storage controller. The driver can be downloaded here.   Extract the driver and place it on a flash drive. You can then manually load the driver, which should result in being able to see the storage. You can then continue on with the restore. Keep us posted. Thanks.
I'm trying to define as simple a method as possible of restoring a system from an image captured using Server 2008R2 Backup. My problem is that I'm missing one or more drivers needed for the system repair. I start the system from the OS Installation DVD, select "Repair your computer", and then opt to load drivers. The Explorer window that comes up shows only drive "X:", which seems to be a recovery partition on the HDD, not visible when the system is running normally (I hate it that MS hides all this stuff). It can't see the main partitions, nor can it see the DVD drive. I've tried loading the usual suspects (disk.sys, partmgr.sys, cdrom.sys), but just get a dialogue saying "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware". I fear I'm in danger of a Catch-22 scenario - I can't load the drivers I need to access any media because I need access to the media to load the drivers - if you see what I mean. My system configuration is: Poweredge R210 with: Intel Xeon X3430 processor (2.40GHz, 4C, 8M cache, DDR3-1333MHz) 8GB memory (4x2GB single rank UDIMMs) 1333 MHz 250GB SATA 7.2k 3.5" HDDs 16x DVD+/-RW drive SATA iDRAC6 embedded BMC Windows Server 2008 R2, Foundation Edition, English 64-bit C3 - RAID1 with PERC S100 (Embedded SATA Software RAID), Exactly 2 SATA Drives
R210 2008R2 System restore from backup image