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Trying to install 2003 Server on a Dell PE SC1430 using Dell's server
install CD and even though I set the C drive partition size in the utility
to 20 Gig, after the 2003 Server install completes I end up with a useable C
drive of 4 Gig. Funny thing is Windows disk management shows Disk 0 at 20
Gig, but the upper pane shows it as 4 Gig and Windows treats it as 4 Gig.
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Absolutely <nospam[ at ]nospam.here> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Trying to install 2003 Server on a Dell PE SC1430 using Dell's server
> install CD and even though I set the C drive partition size in the
> utility to 20 Gig, after the 2003 Server install completes I end up
> with a useable C drive of 4 Gig. Funny thing is Windows disk
> management shows Disk 0 at 20 Gig, but the upper pane shows it as 4
> Gig and Windows treats it as 4 Gig.
Hmm - generally, that points to the disk format not being NTFS, but
FAT32.....how did you create the partitions/volumes? If this was a totally
vanilla bare-bones machine and you used the Dell setup CD, it would've been
NTFS, but check.
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Not exactly sure why, but a guy on the Dell forums ran into the same thing.
Has something to do with Windows setup seeing the FAT32 Dell utility
partition and deciding the C drive should also be FAT32. Weird, but the
cure was to cancel the disk check during 2003 setup. Gotta be quick though.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Absolutely <nospam[ at ]nospam.here> wrote:
>> Trying to install 2003 Server on a Dell PE SC1430 using Dell's server
>> install CD and even though I set the C drive partition size in the
>> utility to 20 Gig, after the 2003 Server install completes I end up
>> with a useable C drive of 4 Gig. Funny thing is Windows disk
>> management shows Disk 0 at 20 Gig, but the upper pane shows it as 4
>> Gig and Windows treats it as 4 Gig.
>
> Hmm - generally, that points to the disk format not being NTFS, but
> FAT32.....how did you create the partitions/volumes? If this was a totally
> vanilla bare-bones machine and you used the Dell setup CD, it would've
> been NTFS, but check.
>
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Absolutely <nospam[ at ]nospam.here> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Not exactly sure why, but a guy on the Dell forums ran into the same
> thing. Has something to do with Windows setup seeing the FAT32 Dell
> utility partition and deciding the C drive should also be FAT32. Weird,
> but the cure was to cancel the disk check during 2003 setup. Gotta be
> quick though.
Well, I've never had a single problem using the Dell setup CD (or any
vendor's setup CD) - I always manually create my partitions, and the utility
partition is automatically created when I choose setup. Strange, but glad
you got it figured out.
>
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:uaUuNTosHHA.4968[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Absolutely <nospam[ at ]nospam.here> wrote:
>>> Trying to install 2003 Server on a Dell PE SC1430 using Dell's
>>> server install CD and even though I set the C drive partition size
>>> in the utility to 20 Gig, after the 2003 Server install completes I
>>> end up with a useable C drive of 4 Gig. Funny thing is Windows disk
>>> management shows Disk 0 at 20 Gig, but the upper pane shows it as 4
>>> Gig and Windows treats it as 4 Gig.
>>
>> Hmm - generally, that points to the disk format not being NTFS, but
>> FAT32.....how did you create the partitions/volumes? If this was a
>> totally vanilla bare-bones machine and you used the Dell setup CD,
>> it would've been NTFS, but check.
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Never had a problem with the Dell CE either and had setup a PE1800 about a
week earlier with it's CD and had no issues. Not sure what's different
about this one, but I tried it numerous times with he results the same each
time. Even blew out the array and recreated it to no avail.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Absolutely <nospam[ at ]nospam.here> wrote:
>> Not exactly sure why, but a guy on the Dell forums ran into the same
>> thing. Has something to do with Windows setup seeing the FAT32 Dell
>> utility partition and deciding the C drive should also be FAT32. Weird,
>> but the cure was to cancel the disk check during 2003 setup. Gotta be
>> quick though.
>
> Well, I've never had a single problem using the Dell setup CD (or any
> vendor's setup CD) - I always manually create my partitions, and the
> utility partition is automatically created when I choose setup. Strange,
> but glad you got it figured out.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:uaUuNTosHHA.4968[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Absolutely <nospam[ at ]nospam.here> wrote:
>>>> Trying to install 2003 Server on a Dell PE SC1430 using Dell's
>>>> server install CD and even though I set the C drive partition size
>>>> in the utility to 20 Gig, after the 2003 Server install completes I
>>>> end up with a useable C drive of 4 Gig. Funny thing is Windows disk
>>>> management shows Disk 0 at 20 Gig, but the upper pane shows it as 4
>>>> Gig and Windows treats it as 4 Gig.
>>>
>>> Hmm - generally, that points to the disk format not being NTFS, but
>>> FAT32.....how did you create the partitions/volumes? If this was a
>>> totally vanilla bare-bones machine and you used the Dell setup CD,
>>> it would've been NTFS, but check.
>
>
>
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