Is there any way to remove the BDEdrive partition in Server 2008 R2 after the OS is installed? (long story short: server deployed before we noticed the BDEdrive issue, now want to extend the C: drive but can't due to this BDEdrive nightmare. Also, we can't just rebuild the server as it is in production....) Is it possible to use BCDboot utility to get around the BDEdrive problem? thanks in advance...

Actually, it looks like I was able to solve it myself: At a command line: bcdboot c:\windows /s c: Then Right click the c: partition and set it as active. One reboot later, I can delete the BDEdrive partition and extend the C: drive...

I had the same problem with a Windows 7 install and your fix worked for me also. Thanks very much for sharing it.

Jon - THANK YOU!!! Worked like a charm!

In my case I tried your solution and yes it worked like a charm. Except I needed an extra step. which was to use diskpart and make volume 1 active (c: drive) in order to boot again. Mario