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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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Debbie
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Thanks anyway,
i wil try a install with an different harddisk.
No need to delete the entire system reserved volume really - just inviting trouble if you try. In many cases, you will find a hidden system pagefile on the system reserved volume consuming much of the space on the volume. If you boot the computer using Linux (assuming you either have a dual boot system, or a bootable Linux CD or thumb drive) - everything on the volume should be visible... then just go and delete the pagefile on the system reserved volume. You'll free up enough memory so that at least 50MB becomes available, and your backups will work. Best to leave the system volume in place - it has a purpose.
Good luck - Gregg Powell, Arizona
To be clear, the person asked about adding a "new hard drive," NOT "a new, FIXED hard drive."
So, yes, go get an $80, 1TB USB external HD. Power it up, hook up the USB cable; DONE.
AND, I definitely have problems with these cr@ppy statements about, "If you have multiple hard drives, remove all of them except the one to which you are installing the o/s."
That is WASTEFUL, time-consuming and unnecessary. I have never had any problems having multiple hard drives in the system when installing a new o/s.
And it NEVER should be necessary to "jump through such hoops;" i.e., 'removing' any additional hard drives. Does that include external USB drives? Thumb drives? Seriously, MOST OF THE TIME, people will be installing more and more from thumb and external USB drives.
I know that I do my Windows Server 2008 R2 installs from thumb drive. ANY good disk management utility, including DELL and HP raid utilities (Open Manage, for example), DO NOT CARE if you have a zillion hard drives in your system or in your RAID enclosure
And I think, to answer your question, that installing the boot code on the same partition as the o/s is okay - IF I understand correctly - i.e., you don't need a separate partition just to act as a 'boot manager,' but I could be wrong; i.e., if you 'chose' to put the boot code on C: [and] the o/s on C:, then won't it use the same 'boot manager' features as if you had the separate 100MB partition?
Debbie, I believe this 100 mb reerved area is cusing my windows 7 backup not to work. I get following message from backup software near end of backup: Backup was not successful 0x8078002A I/O drive error 0x8007045D when trying to bakup to 3 TB external WD drive. I've run both chkdsk and WD tools on the drive and it is clean, Would you look into this?
Thanks, Ralph
