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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.
Contrary to belief it DOES NOT HOLD THE BOOT OPTIONS FOR WINDOWS 7
It holds the RECOVERY OPTION files should windows 7 fail at any time
this little partition be it 100 mb's or 200 mb's can be a bit of a pain in the ____ 'cos' it is assigned a drive letter that win 7 see's
which to the mind's eye would screw up disk configurations as,, when you F8 for boot options
(assuming you have more than one drive in your computer) the drive could/will appear without you noticing it
and if you tried to boot to the hard drive you THOUGHT the op/sys was on,,,,,,, you will get the preverbial NTLDR MISSING message.
think you have screwed up.......... and re-install again
If you want to dual boot as i do......for my benefit with customers computers,,,,load xp/Vista first then add win7 on an extended partition or another drive,
the boot manager created by Win7 will take care of the rest, usual black screen with the boot manager options.
In other op/sys's the drive is partitioned, is not assigned a drive letter, hidden, and unreadable by the user and as already mentioned IS a recovery partition.
In some instances you may find the recovery files in C:\recovery in the root on other systems.
I removed the files ,,relocated them in the root (just in case of a failure) re-directed the recovery option to see them and used Partition magic to remove the Partition.
Apart from the fact that it has a drive letter assigned to it i see little point in removing it,, these days drive space isnt an issue.
The alternative option is to format the hard drive (NTFS) BEFORE you install win7 on it.. Win7 won't format a drive that has a usable NTFS partition on it
if you tell it not to,
In any event if you don't want to lose your system,,files,,and settings do a FULL BACKUP of your files first, then incrementally every day
Then do a full IMAGE of the the drive/s once a week then the most you could lose is 1 days worth of info.
I know backing up is a pain in the butt ,,,,,,,,,something most of us think we will do tomorrow don't put it off,, DO IT today you may not have the option tomorrow
It's so much easier than having to install the op/sys's wasting hours and hours of re-installs of your programmes
Don't forget to register Windows 7 with microsoft 'AFTER' you have installed everything you think you will need (drivers, programmes, updates.) then do an image to DVD or removable hard drive (you can stop the automatic registration when on line option at the first install screen) that way you aren't wasting your three registration try's on screwed installs before you have to use the 0800 number to register by phone
Still by all acounts we won't have long to wait for Windows 8,,,,,,,,will we...lol
It holds the boot info for Windows 7. Remove it and you will NOT have Windows 7 anymore.
Leave it well alone..
Mike Hall MVP Windows: Consumers http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
Mike Hall MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
Dear All Senior: i want to know is this 100M will cause any trouble for the Computer? it remove or not also won't slow down or crash down the system right? Thanks.. ^^
