Can I delete the system reserved partition from 100MB

Anonymous
2009-06-06T22:02:00+00:00

Is there a possibility to install windows 7 (clean install) without making a extra (hidden) partition "system reserved" from 100mb?

or how can I delete this partition after install ?

Why is it for?

I have the meaning that this slows down my hard drive a little ? 

thanks

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Anonymous
2009-06-11T15:08:03+00:00

Hi Johan G,

Thanks for posting to Getting Ready for Windows 7 .

The 100MB partition is a system partition and contains boot files. Disk Manager will not allow you to remove this partition because removing this partition could cause the system to not boot.

Thanks for posting your question to Getting Ready for Winodws 7 community group.

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Anonymous
2009-06-06T22:56:08+00:00

Thanks anyway,

i wil try a install with an different harddisk.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-10T22:53:37+00:00

    Yes : 'Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management->Storage'

    first: System Reserved NTFS.      , system, Actif, primair partition. 100Mb  (no drive letter)

    Then: C:           bootdrive, crshdump, swabdrive 280 GB

    I have done a clean install, making a new partition of my hole disk. Then i get a message " must make a new partition for system files".

    Then he makes a 100mb partition and install windows7 on C (300 GB) 

    Am I the only one ?

    Grz

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-07T12:42:02+00:00

    Presumably if you have a duel boot of windows 7, eg if you had 1 partition set for becoming a VHD via sysprep, and the other partition to be the one you used to package it.

    presumably the information for both partitions is stored in the same reserved space?

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-10-10T14:17:07+00:00

    An example of why we may need to get rid of that 100MB partition is.

    Partition 1 - Win

    Partition 2 - Linux

    Partition 3 - Mac os

    All those 3 primary partition

    Partition 4 - Extended

    • Swap
    • Ext 3 <Home
    • Fat 32 - Shared partition for data. fat 32 cos win and linux both can read

    It's supposed that we can make more partitions but in the practiscal there is a limit of 4 partitions. 3 primary's and 1 extended. And there our little 100MB friend is very annoying

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