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New Server 2008 Install - Partition Questions

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Jun 23, 2003
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I’m doing my first Server 2008 R2 install on a Dell PE R710. I’m running hardware RAID-5 via a PERC 6/i card. Upon first boot up after install, I see a system reserved partition that is labeled as the System partition (as well as Primary), and the C: volume/partition that is also the Primary, and Boot (plus Page File and Crash Dump) – this is where I configured the OS to be installed. There is more info here than with what I am familiar. The remaining @800GB of unallocated space will be for data.

My questions are this:

Why is the C: partition not listed as the System partition along with the Boot?

Should I make the C: partition Active?

If the disk is still basic, why am I seeing volume options? I thought partitions were only called volumes once a disk is converted to dynamic?

Thanks!


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