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OS Partition Size in Windows Server 2008?

I popped in the Server 2008 CD and I expected to be able to choose a partition size on my 750gb hard drive in which to install the OS.

But it doesn't appear to give me that option. I only get the choice to install on one or the other of my two 750gb hard drives.

Am I doing something wrong? Am I missing something? Is it wrong of me to even WANT to install the OS on a smaller partition (as I'm used to doing with other versions of windows)?

If I want to use Hyper-V, is it BETTER for the OS partition to be as large as possible?

Any ideas on this?

Thanks.

tigermatt

When you are given the option to select the partition, there should be a button you can press - "More" I believe it says - which gives you the option to rearrange your partitions, create a new, smaller partition and then format it ready for installation.

Personally, I usually recommend splitting the drive half-and-half. I use one partition for OS and system-specific data, and the other for data which affects the network - user profiles, documents, Shared storage etc.

-tigermatt

gateguard

ASKER

Thanks, tigermatt.

That "more" button did present more options but they were all greyed out.

There was a delete, a format, and a couple of other options (I'm not in the screen at the moment).

But what about the issue of hyper-v? Is it possible that I WANT to give the OS all available space on the drive?

Do hyper-v partitions only work inside the OS partition, or can they be on other partitions?

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gateguard

ASKER

You were right. I had a 750gb unallocated space and under "more" I could click "new" and create a partition in that space, which I was free to make any size I wanted.

Then I formatted and was ready to go.

Thanks for the help.

gateguard

ASKER

And thanks for the info on hyper-v.

I took your advice and made the OS partition small.