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Creating a Windows 2008 R2 Server without 100 MB System Reserved Partition

Creating a Windows 2008 R2 Server without  100 MB System Reserved Partition.
  

1.Once Windows 7 Setup is loaded, press Shirt + F10 keys at the first setup screen (which allows selection of language, keyboard and locale). A Command Prompt window will be opened.

2.Run Diskpart, the built-in disk partitioning tool of Windows 2008 R2 with the following command:

diskpart

3.Type in the following command one by one, follow by Enter key to create a partition (text in brackets are comments only):

list disk  (to show the ID number of the hard disk to partition, normally is Disk 0)

select disk 0  (change 0 to another number if applicable)

clean

create partition primary size=102400
 
(create a partition with 100 GB space; to use entire disk as one partition, omit the “size=value” parameter switch ” create partition primary”)

select partition 1

active

format fs=ntfs quick

exit

4.Type exit at command prompt to close Command Prompt window.

5.Continue installation  select the partition just created when come to partition screen.

If your question is

Can I delete the system reserved partition from 100MB or how to remove the 100Mb System Reserved Partition from Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 then please check my another post

http://sarithvs.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/removing-the-100mb-system-reserved-partition-from-windows-7-and-windows-2008-r2/

 

2 Comments »

  1. Only issue I have with the article is you failed to mention the purpose of the partition and the potential impacts of deleting. The purpose of this partition is for bitlocker encryption.

    I cannot prove because I have not tested it, but I suspect you will be unable to implement bit locker at a later date. Partitioning is one of those areas where careful planning and attention to detail is critical.

    References:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2010/03/13/what-is-the-windows-server-2008-r2-windows-7-system-reserved-partition.aspx

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799232(WS.10).aspx

    Comment by gotmalware — October 28, 2011 @ 3:17 AM | Reply

    • I believe the purpose of this post is not to explain to everyone about partitioning, but to show people how to perform a specific task. In that respect, it was very successful. For people wanting to create a vDisk for provisioning, there can be only one volume.

      Thank you for this informational post!

      Comment by Riker — March 12, 2012 @ 6:36 PM | Reply


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