Amazon EC2 with Windows

Notes and Reminders

Unlike Win2003 instances on EC2, Win2008 boots with only a drive c - 30gb minimum size.

On Win2008 RC2, attached volumes are not online by default. Manually tell each one to come online and thereafter they keep working.  Win2008 diskpart sans

To flush files prior to detach of a volume, use SysInternals SYNC program.  Syntax: sync d:

FlameRobiin is great but its settings are in the registry, so you should think about putting in its database details prior to bundling Windows for repeat use.