Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Server Automatic Restart

Sometimes you need to restart a server automatically, e.g. some time in the early hours of the morning. The best way to do this is using the “Task Scheduler” within Windows. 1. Open Task Scheduler and click on the “Task Scheduler Library” in the left hand pane. 2. Click “Create Task…” 3. On the “General” […]

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Setup Fails: “setup was unable to create a new system partition”

On a Dell PowerEdge R710 had this error when trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Setup.  PROBLEM Fails when selecting the disk: “setup was unable to create a new system partition.” All seems to be fine up until that point then it just fails. Even booting from the Dell utility CD gives the same […]

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