I have just completed a bare metal installation of 2008 Server R2 from a Microsoft 2008 Server DVD image.
I have found a (OEM Partition) 63MB, standard System partition from Dell as expected.
I have found a (OS Partition) 2.01GB. I believe this is the standard WinRE partition created by the Microsoft installer, considering I can do an F8 boot, and select Repair Server. The interesting thing is that it was created as a FAT32 partition, and it is apparently hidden since there is no driver letter assigned in Disk Management.
I then tried to used Windows Server Backup to complete a bare-metal backup so I could test it. But Windows Server Backup will not backup the FAT32 partition. It indicates I must convert it to NTFS.
Am I correct, is this the WinRE partition?
How can I convert it to NTFS considering there is no driver letter assignment?
Thanks in advance!