Can I delete the system reserved partition from 100MB

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.

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Debbie

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My computer's main hard drive is starting to fail, so I got one of my friend's old ones. When I plugged it in and booted my old hard drive to clear space, I noticed the same "System Reserved" Partition on the new drive, but it isn't related with my old C: drive at all. 

Sorry for the confusing paragraph, but would it be safe to delete this "System Reserved" partition, or should I just let it be?

Thank you in advance,

-Simon

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.

Regards,

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Debbie

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DEAR DEBBIE, 

thanks for the helpful answer. 

i have a little different q and i would very appreciate some help. 

1.i had a win 7 computer, who died. 

2.we took out the hard drive and now use it as portable storage unit, it no longer has any system on it, just data. 

3.i like to get rid of the "system reserved" partiotion that was left there.

4.i tried to format the portable drive and it doesn't work

thanks!

Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer Management.‌If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.

Right-click the volume, such as a partition or logical drive, that you want to delete, and then click Delete Volume.

Click Yes to delete the volume.

If you delete a primary partition, the resulting empty space is called unallocated disk space . If you delete a logical drive within an extended partition, the resulting empty space is called free space. You can now use the empty space to create additional volumes.You can use some tool like aomei partition assistant to help you delete and create partitions.