Does there have to be a System Reserve ?


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18 minutes ago, Hum said:

I'd rather have one Primary partition, but Windows 10 creates 2 for some reason.

 

 

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If you don't want to boot, go ahead and delete it. ;) Or you can go through the process of migrating everything and crossing your fingers you reconfigure it correctly. 

 

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10 minutes ago, Raa said:

If you're on UEFI, yes you must have it.

 

If you're still on BIOS mode, technically no.

It has more to do with gpt vs mbr, not UEFI. UEFI does not use MSR to store any UEFI related data. 

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26 minutes ago, Raa said:

If you're on UEFI, yes you must have it.

I was on a legacy BIOS, until I did a BIOS update.

 

Now it is UEFI.

 

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Typically you can't see it by default. If the reason you don't want it is so you can't see it, you can choose to hide it.

I do see it in Windows 10 -- it is hogging a Drive letter:

 

 

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Start menu...type

diskmgmt

 

right click the D partition

Change drive letter and paths

Click "remove"

 

Dunno how you got a drive letter for System Reserved...unless it is from an old install?  Do you have multiple System Reserved partitions listed in Disk Management?    :) 

 

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There are 2 extra drive letters, one SR for each hard drive.

 

I originally installed on a regular hard drive.

 

Then I had the bright idea to get a SSD.

 

I'll try removing the letters.

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What was the Disk 1 drive letter beforehand...the 931.02GB drive (you couldn't have had 2 D: drives)?  

You have two operating systems loaded ... or is Disk 1 like a backup/clone or whatever.

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Restarted -- Windows didn't mind the drive letter changes.

 

Disk 0 is the new SS drive -- letter C.

 

Disk 1 is the original W10 install -- letter D.

 

E: is the DVD.

 

Now I attempted to Shrink the huge System Reseved.

 

It worked, but how do I Add it back to the main C: partition ???

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Before you muck anything up, I would just stop doing whatever it is you are doing and leave it how it is setup. Why you are trying to shrink that partition is beyond me, youre trying to save 113MB. You should have left it be, no need to start screwing with the partitions. 500MB partition is not huge, not sure why you think that.

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8 minutes ago, Hum said:

Restarted -- Windows didn't mind the drive letter changes.

 

Disk 0 is the new SS drive -- letter C.

 

Disk 1 is the original W10 install -- letter D.

 

E: is the DVD.

 

Now I attempted to Shrink the huge System Reseved.

 

It worked, but how do I Add it back to the main C: partition ???

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3 minutes ago, Circaflex said:

Before you muck anything up, I would just stop doing whatever it is you are doing and leave it how it is setup. Why you are trying to shrink that partition is beyond me, youre trying to save 113MB. You should have left it be, no need to start screwing with the partitions. 500MB partition is not huge, not sure why you think that.

 

Hum ... ^^^^   this

 

Just stop. :)  Please....don't do anything else.

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6 minutes ago, Hum said:

That's like telling Columbus to stay home :laugh:

Just stop. :)  Please.  113MB isn't worth risking making your computer unbootable.  If you can't boot your computer ... your fact finding mission into uncovering undeniable evidence (to the unbelievers) of alien presence on Earth may be severely hindered.  Anyway, you can not move the unallocated space to the C drive in Disk Management... you'll need third party software ... maybe EaseUS(?) ...

 

but just don't.  Close Disk Management ... never look at it again.  

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4 hours ago, Hum said:

I originally installed on a regular hard drive.

 

Then I had the bright idea to get a SSD.

 

I'll try removing the letters.

That's why you see the extra System Reserved partition - you can ditch it from the HDD, but not the SDD :

 

Switching from BIOS to UEFI won't change your Windows installation unless you reinstall, you'll still be in a BIOS installation. Still safe to remove it, technically. But I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to do some repairing. ;)

 

It has more to do with gpt vs mbr, not UEFI. UEFI does not use MSR to store any UEFI related data. 

I was not referring to the MSR.

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2 hours ago, Raa said:

 

 

 

 

I was not referring to the MSR.

Hum was. So in the spirit of sticking to the topic, I figured you were as well. 

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3 minutes ago, xendrome said:

BIOS update won't automatically switch you to UEFI from BIOS.

^^. 

 

Liking seems to be broken in mobile for me. 

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1 hour ago, xendrome said:

BIOS update won't automatically switch you to UEFI from BIOS.

Sorry -- but it did in my case.  I did not change any BIOS setting to get UEFI.

 

After I did the BIOS flash, I rebooted and the boot screen changed.

 

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That's why you see the extra System Reserved partition - you can ditch it from the HDD, but not the SDD :

I will eventually turn the D: drive into all storage to keep personal files safe.

 

I am tempted to Merge the System Reserve with the rest of C: drive.

 

Who knows what would happen, tho ! :p

 

I do thank +jjkusaf for the drive letter guidance.

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7 hours ago, Raa said:

That's why you see the extra System Reserved partition - you can ditch it from the HDD, but not the SDD :

I did, I have one solid C: drive on a 500Gb SSD. It is not UEFI though.

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4 hours ago, Hum said:

Sorry -- but it did in my case.  I did not change any BIOS setting to get UEFI.

 

After I did the BIOS flash, I rebooted and the boot screen changed.

That is not how it works, just because your boot screen changed, doesnt mean you are now in UEFI. You have to install Windows a certain way for it to be UEFI, you are still on a bios install.

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4 hours ago, Hum said:

Sorry -- but it did in my case.  I did not change any BIOS setting to get UEFI.

 

After I did the BIOS flash, I rebooted and the boot screen changed.

 

I will eventually turn the D: drive into all storage to keep personal files safe.

 

I am tempted to Merge the System Reserve with the rest of C: drive.

 

Who knows what would happen, tho ! :p

 

I do thank +jjkusaf for the drive letter guidance.

For all of the years of alleged PC experience you have, comments like this betray you.  

 

You can't get UEFI through a BIOS update. You already had it and were simply running your machine in legacy bios mode. It is still a UEFI system regardless of what legacy mode you run in. 

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