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200 Meg hidden System partition
Hello all - new to 7 forums. I might have this post in the wrong place
With a default install of Windows 7, it creates a non-lettered 200Meg "system" partition with about 30 Meg of data.
I have been digging around for an explanation as to its purpose but found no clear explanation. Some say it's for bit locker, but then say that it would need to be at least 1 GIg. Some suggest that it's a way to guarantee an amount of free space for updates and backups (VSS needs a place to place snapshots). Some say it's the actual boot partition. Windows 7 starts the bootstrap here then moves the C: drive to load the rest of the OS.
If anybody has a clear explanation as to what it's for, I'd like to know.
Thanks
NickDanger |