Windows 7 - hard drive is now system reserved.

Fuzion · 06-28-2011

After a clean install of windows 7, I find one of my hard drives has a partition called system reserved (100 mb.), and it has the Dive letter of the original drive, and it seems the original drive is now called ,New Volume. This is a 250 gig. drive, so how do I access it. Do I just assign the "New Volume" drive another Drive Letter ?... do I do

hard drive is now system reserved.-hard-drive-config..jpg

anything with the system reserved partition ?

essenbe · 06-28-2011

If you would, please post an expanded screenshot of Didk Management so we can see what is happening.

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Fuzion · 06-28-2011

essenbe · 06-28-2011

What is on the right side of C disk 1. It appears that system reserved was assigned a drive letter (D) and next to it (C) is the OS. Disk 0 has not had a drive letter assigned to it. That is why it is not showing up in explorer. The screenshot you showed first, in windows explorer is the same disk. It is showing the 2 partitions of that 1 disk. Assign a drive letter to disk(0 ) and it will show up also.

theog · 06-29-2011

Windows should be install to Disk 0. Not disk1.

Fuzion · 06-30-2011

Problem fixed. Just assigned a Letter to the drive, New Volume.Tks. for your quick reply essenbe .

essenbe · 06-30-2011

You are welcome. Theog was right, the OS should be on port 0.

theog · 06-30-2011

You need to change the HD's round.

SIW2 · 06-30-2011

Why?

I have o/s 's on all my disks.

Windows 7 - hard drive is now system reserved.

hard drive is now system reserved. problems?