Need help moving System Reserved partition from 3TB HDD to SSD.


  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 64bit
       #1

    Need help moving System Reserved partition from 3TB HDD to SSD.


    Today I bought a brand new 3TB HDD and a 240GB SSD. I tried to install windows to the SSD, however it has taken it upon itself to install a 100mb System Reserved partition to my HDD.
    Normally this wouldnt seem like a problem, however I can't access 764.52GB of this new drive.
    My questions are as followed.

    How do I move the partition to the SSD?
    How do I access all 3TB of my HDD?

    I'm starting to pull my hair out with frustration, a push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
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  2. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #2

    I've been able to avoid the creation of that partition, by pre-partitioning my HDD (using GParted) before attempting to install W7.

    Have a look at these tutorials:
    Windows 7 Help Forums - Search Results
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  3. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    Why did you have other hard drives plugged in when you did the install ?

    Always unplug any other hard drives when you install windows.

    And yes, as stated, if you pre partition the ssd before you install windows you will not get a system reserved partition,

    Use a partition wizard bootable cd to pre partition the ssd.

    And do not forget to align the ssd. Partition wizard can do that too.

    http://www.partitionwizard.com/parti...otable-cd.html
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  4.    #4

    I would unplug the HDD and Clean Install Windows 7.

    But if you want to try to salvage what you have, post back a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image and we will give you the steps to do it.
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