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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.
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:07:46 +0000, dk367 wrote:
Is there a simple way to add a new hard drive for backup purposes?
I strongly recommend that you do not do this.
I don't recommend backup to a second non-removable hard drive because
it leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original and
backup to many of the most common dangers: severe power glitches,
nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer.
In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media (a removable
hard drive is fine), and not kept in the computer
Ken Blake (MS MVP)
Is there a simple way to add a new hard drive for backup purposes? With Win 7 Ultimate and virtualization active the reserved partition was moved to the new drive. I mentioned this above. Moving it back created a drive letter that could be removed. Disk manager shows it on Disk 0 but who knows where my audio devices are (I do have stereo). With that experience I added a drive to Win 7 Pro on another system but now I can't make the boot drive Disk 0. I may try looking at the reserved files, but if BCDEdit is required, the crumbling of Rome's walls is likely to occur here. I haven't felt this disfuntional since I was 10 even though I never stopped studying. I can use these as is but the problems are not trivial.
Hello dk367;
I am not sure how the rest of your questions/comments apply to adding a new hard drive for backup purposes? My 7 OS is installed on a 60 GB hard drive and Windows 7 Image Utility uses the second hard drive, a 149 GB hard drive to store the backup files. I have a third hard drive for media file storage and have not experienced any of the issues you describe.
With BIOS identification of the hard drives, in IDE you have "Primary / Secondary", with SATA you can have SATA0 or SATA1 as the first SATA hard drive. Identifying the "DRIVE0" SATA connector on the motherboard is a manufacturer issue, not a Windows issue. With this motherboard I am using now, with four sata connectors in a row, the first connector is the second SATA, the second connector is the first SATA, the third connector is the fourth SATA, and the fourth connector is the third SATA. Ask the manufacturer why; cause I don't know! If the manual doesn't identify them clearly, then it is a simple test to connect only one SATA hard drive, boot to the BIOS, and see which SATA slot is being used. SATA0 or SATA1 should translate to "Disk0" in Windows 7.
Removing the drive letter from the "System Reserved" partition makes it hidden again and has no effect on its boot properties. I would be curious to know how you moved the "System Reserved" partition?
I mentioned the use of BCDEdit only as a tool to add a menu entry for XP to the Vista / 7 bootmgr boot menu.
Robert
Is there a simple way to add a new hard drive for backup purposes? With Win 7 Ultimate and virtualization active the reserved partition was moved to the new drive. I mentioned this above. Moving it back created a drive letter that could be removed. Disk manager shows it on Disk 0 but who knows where my audio devices are (I do have stereo). With that experience I added a drive to Win 7 Pro on another system but now I can't make the boot drive Disk 0. I may try looking at the reserved files, but if BCDEdit is required, the crumbling of Rome's walls is likely to occur here. I haven't felt this disfuntional since I was 10 even though I never stopped studying. I can use these as is but the problems are not trivial.
