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Is it possible to safely rename the 'System Reserved' partition?
The only reason I ask is because I use a triple boot Chameleon setup, and it is annoying that I have to select 'System Reserved' to boot into Windows 7. (Trivial, I know, but irritating!)
Windows won't boot from the 'Windows' partition - just get the usual 'BOOTMGR is missing message'.
Is it possible to remove the 'System Reserved' partition, and boot from the Windows partition?
 

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Load SYSTEM DISK and Repair.
 

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Load SYSTEM DISK and Repair.
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For doing what?

'System Reserved' is an internal name for the partition, I think you cannot rename it.
Maybe you can rename the text displayed by Chameleon...
 

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So, is it possible to remove this partition and make the Windows partition the bootable one?
 

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I've never tried it. I could try it in a virtual machine. I'll say you if it is possible.
 

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Hello imacken


You may be able to mark the OS partition you want to boot as active (make it the system partition) and then run repair install though you may/will need to run the repair at least 3 times to complete the process. Have a look at the tutorial at the link below.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html?ltr=S
 

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Thanks. Is it possible to screw everything up by trying this out, or is it quite safe?
What about EasyBCD? Could that be used?
 

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i would imagine that all you need to do is mark windows partition as active, delete the system partition then run system repair 3 times... but i havent tried it, ill give it a go on a VM a bit later on once my backup has finished
 

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imacken said:
Is it possible to safely rename the 'System Reserved' partition?
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I'm not sure.

imacken said:
Is it possible to remove the 'System Reserved' partition, and boot from the Windows partition?
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From what I've read on here, I'm going to say you're best bet is to leave it alone.
 

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imacken said:
Thanks. Is it possible to screw everything up by trying this out, or is it quite safe?
What about EasyBCD? Could that be used?
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Hello imacken;

The "System Reserved" partition, as a boot partition, is not a necessity. I have had it both ways. There is not much danger removing it, what you do by booting to the 7 DVD and running "Startup Repair" is let the DVD put all of the files that were in the seperate partition in the 7 partition, making it the "boot" partition. If you want to read up on the topic, please take a look at this: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58680-solve-dual-boot-problem-windows-7-a.html

The only consideration there might be is that in removing a partition, you change the location of the other partitions on your hard drive. That may or may not be an issue.

Cheers!
Robert
 

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severedsolo said:
i would imagine that all you need to do is mark windows partition as active, delete the system partition then run system repair 3 times... but i havent tried it, ill give it a go on a VM a bit later on once my backup has finished
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sorry i forgot my VM is only 32 bit, i have 64 bit windows, and my processor doesnt support the 64 bit Virtualization

obviously i dont want to dual boot and test it as that would mess up my own windows if it doesnt work

sorry again
 

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iseeuu said:
imacken said:
Thanks. Is it possible to screw everything up by trying this out, or is it quite safe?
What about EasyBCD? Could that be used?
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Hello imacken;

The "System Reserved" partition, as a boot partition, is not a necessity. I have had it both ways. There is not much danger removing it, what you do by booting to the 7 DVD and running "Startup Repair" is let the DVD put all of the files that were in the seperate partition in the 7 partition, making it the "boot" partition. If you want to read up on the topic, please take a look at this: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58680-solve-dual-boot-problem-windows-7-a.html

The only consideration there might be is that in removing a partition, you change the location of the other partitions on your hard drive. That may or may not be an issue.

Cheers!
Robert
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Hello iseeuu.


Sorry mate, I keep forgetting what a wonderful resource your tutorial is, I'll try to remember it from now on; thanks!
 

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Bare Foot Kid said:
iseeuu said:
imacken said:
Thanks. Is it possible to screw everything up by trying this out, or is it quite safe?
What about EasyBCD? Could that be used?
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Hello imacken;

The "System Reserved" partition, as a boot partition, is not a necessity. I have had it both ways. There is not much danger removing it, what you do by booting to the 7 DVD and running "Startup Repair" is let the DVD put all of the files that were in the seperate partition in the 7 partition, making it the "boot" partition. If you want to read up on the topic, please take a look at this: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58680-solve-dual-boot-problem-windows-7-a.html

The only consideration there might be is that in removing a partition, you change the location of the other partitions on your hard drive. That may or may not be an issue.

Cheers!
Robert
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Hello iseeuu.


Sorry mate, I keep forgetting what a wonderful resource your tutorial is, I'll try to remember it from now on; thanks!
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Thank you, BFK. That is very kind of you!

Cheers!
 

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Guys, I'm confused by this.
In the attachment you can see that the 'System Reserved' and 'Windows' partitions are active and primary. The 'Windows' one is Boot, so why can't I boot from it?
 

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imacken said:
Guys, I'm confused by this.
In the attachment you can see that the 'System Reserved' and 'Windows' partitions are active and primary. The 'Windows' one is Boot, so why can't I boot from it?
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imacken;

Thanks for the screen shot. However, you do not indicate how many hard drives you have plugged in here. Windows does NOT allow more than ONE ACTIVE PARTITION per hard drive. Your 100MB System Reserved partition was the boot partition and most likely still holds the boot code. Please post a more detailed screen shot of your drives?

Example:
phaze_01.png

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Thanks for that.
Hopefully the attached will be better!
 

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Yes, that makes a big difference. Please notice the red circled area here:

disks2.png

The 'hash' marks indicate to me that this is the "Active" partition your computer is booting to. Part of the problem is that you seem to have four identical hard drives, so how do you tell the difference when setting the desired hard drive as first in boot order? Evidently, Drive 1 is first whereas if you want to boot from the "Active" Windows partition, you will want Drive 0 to be first in boot order.

Then, if I may suggest, I would delete all the other 100MB and 200MB "EFI" and "System Reserved" partitions from your system and make sure the ONLY active partition left is the Windows partition.

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Thanks a lot Robert. If you look at my first post, you'll see that I have a triple boot system using Chameleon to boot Windows 7, Snow Leopard and Leopard on different drives.
The Chameleon partition is Disk 3 Part 2 and it is that drive 3 that I am using as the boot drive at the moment.
Of course, I can boot from the Windows drive by changing the boot drive in BIOS, but I want the triple boot to work on 'Windows' not 'System Reserved'.
The 200Mb partitions are OS X system things that are created but not actually used as far as I can see.
The problem is that using Chameleon I have to boot from the System Reserved partition as if I select Windows, I just get the 'BOOTMGR is missing' error.
 

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imacken said:
Thanks a lot Robert. If you look at my first post, you'll see that I have a triple boot system using Chameleon to boot Windows 7, Snow Leopard and Leopard on different drives.
The Chameleon partition is Disk 3 Part 2 and it is that drive 3 that I am using as the boot drive at the moment.
Of course, I can boot from the Windows drive by changing the boot drive in BIOS, but I want the triple boot to work on 'Windows' not 'System Reserved'.
The 200Mb partitions are OS X system things that are created but not actually used as far as I can see.
The problem is that using Chameleon I have to boot from the System Reserved partition as if I select Windows, I just get the 'BOOTMGR is missing' error.
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Sorry mate, my bad. Been awhile since I read your first post. Now that I can put your first post with the screen shot of your drives and your explanation, things are clearer.

I would suggest the way to get things the way you want them, would be to unplug the other three hard drives and configure your Windows partition to boot from the Windows partition. You may have done this already, but if not, you can run the "Startup Repair" from the 7 DVD until Windows boots correctly. Then plug you other hard drives back in and delete (or at least remove the "Active" flag from) the circled partition. As I know nothing about Chameleon, I can only guess then that you will need to repair the boot loader in order to reflect the change from the current "Active" partition to the "Active Windows" partition in order to boot to Windows 7 using the Chameleon boot menu.

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