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title: "Amazon EC2: Launching windows instance with custom HD size works for X64, fails for x86"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2010/12/28/amazon-ec2-launching-windows-instance-with-custom-hd-size-wo.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2010/12/28/amazon-ec2-launching-windows-instance-with-custom-hd-size-wo.html"
published: "2010-12-28T02:39:43"
updated: "2010-12-28T02:39:43"
tags: ["EC2"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I’m still struggling with this annoying problem. Any help would be appreciated! https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=57283"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Amazon EC2: Launching windows instance with custom HD size works for X64, fails for x86

By Roy Osherove December 28, 2010 In [EC2](https://osherove.com/blog/category/ec2)

**Historical article** · Originally published December 28, 2010; technical details may be outdated.

I’m still struggling with this annoying problem. Any help would be appreciated!

[https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=57283](https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=57283)


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