On Windows 7, press the Start button on your keyboard, type manage disks into the Start menu’s search box, and press Enter. On Windows 8, press Windows Key + X or right-click in the bottom-left corner of your screen and select Disk Management. You’ll need to access the Disk Management tool from within Windows to do this. You can do all of this from within Windows.
If so, you can resize your existing system partition to make free space and create a new partition in that free space. There’s a good chance you already have Windows installed to a single partition on your hard drive.
RELATED: How to Manage Partitions on Windows Without Downloading Any Other Software The space on the other partition will be available as its own separate drive letter in Windows.
When you’re happy with your partition sizes, select the partition you want to install Windows to and click the Next button. Windows Setup will recognize the disk and Setup will continue.Create several partitions by clicking the New button and entering a size for each partition. Reboot the system and run Windows Setup normally.Click OK on the warning dialog box to acknowledge that any data on the disk will be lost.Now, select Delete to remove the newly created partition while leaving the disk in its initialized state.Click OK on the dialog box that explains that additional partitions may be created automatically by Windows.Click Apply to accept the default partition size.In the Install Windows dialog box of Windows Setup, under Where do you want to install Windows?, select Disk 0 and then click the Drive Options (advanced) link.Otherwise, Windows Setup doesn't create the System Reserved partition.ĭetailed steps for Workaround 2 are as follows: It's important to delete the partition so Windows Setup can create both the System Reserved partition and the Operating System Volume. Deleting the partition will remove the newly created partition but leave the disk initialized with the disk signature. Creating a new partition will initialize the disk, write the disk signature, and create a partition. To initialize the boot LUN and prepare the disk for Windows Setup, you must create a new partition and then delete the newly created partition. In multiple-path disk configurations Windows Setup doesn't recognize a disk as bootable until the disk is initialized and the disk signature is present. This method is ideal for scenarios where physically disconnecting the additional SAN connections isn't possible or is difficult. Workaround 2: Initialize the boot LUN prior to running setup For multiple HBA port configurations, only one HBA port should be connected to the SAN during Windows Setup. Workaround 1: Present the boot LUN on a single pathĬonfigure a single path to the boot LUN when installing Windows. There are two methods for working around this behavior. If the boot LUN is presented on a single physical path or if the boot LUN has already been initialized prior to installing Windows, Setup will proceed as expected. Windows is unable to install to a RAW disk with multiple physical paths. "Windows cannot find a system volume that meets requirements for installation." Cause See the Setup log files for more information." "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2: In this scenario, when you select the boot LUN in on the "Where do you want to install Windows?" step of the installation wizard, all paths to the LUN are displayed separately and a message is displayed: The boot LUN is raw and hasn't been initialized by Windows.There are multiple physical paths to the boot LUN.You're installing Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Window Server 2012 in a boot from SAN configuration.This article provides workarounds for an issue where you can't install Windows in the boot LUN from SAN configuration when there are multiple physical paths to the boot LUN.Īpplies to: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Original KB number: 2826787 Symptoms