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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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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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Thanks anyway,
i wil try a install with an different harddisk.
Not much point adding to a thread that is years old
Depends exactly what D: is, it shouldn't be the default system reserved partition of about 100mb which doesn't have a drive letter.
If the size of D is in the order 7+gb its likely to be a PC makers recovery partition, or Tools partition
And as for another HDD depends whether a physical second drive or simply a partition of the single drive
Can you help me with this, I have a C for OS and D for the reserved and also another HDD for my pictures and other stuff. Why do my hidden partition ''D'' is shown in the my computer and how cen I hide it? And I want the HDD with pictures to have letter ''D'', can you help me please? Already thank you.
I know the answer to this.
If you only have ONE drive hooked up when you install Win 7, this 100MB partition will be created in addition to your main C: partition.
Here is how you can AVOID creating it. What you do is after the 2 partitions are created during setup, you delete the second one, and Extend the first one......then format it.....Win7 will then install into that partition w/o creating another one: http://www.mydigitallife.info/hack-to-remove-100-mb-system-reserved-partition-when-installing-windows-7/
It's because Win7 will not mess with existing partitiions.....only when you create them during setup will the 100MB partition be created.
BUT, if you have ANOTHER drive hooked up then Win7 will NOT create this partition, BUT will move the Boot folder, bootmgr, etc etc to the SECOND drive
Or some other drive you have hooked up.
And will install to just one partition
Now when I did a clean install I deleted all the partitions on my main drive and then when I created a partition, it actually created 2 partitions.....the 100MB one and the main one.
And I disconnected any other drives I had hooked up.
Also tried it with installing Win7 to the Unallocated area after all partitions were deleted...and again when it was all done there was that 100MB partition
Also, if you want to view that 100MB partition, you first have to give it a drive letter....then set view all files in Folder Options in your Control Panel.
But if you have an existing setup, unless you find some other hacks that will allow you to delete it....or move those files to your main C partition.......I wouldn't mess with it.
And FWIW, how I got involved in all this is cause I'm trying to get Acronis to work on creating backup images and restoring them.....I think I'm having problems because there WERE 2 partitions to restore and it messes up and Win7 won't boot right after a restore....
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