100mb unassigned on SSD disk. Why?

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  1. Evenol
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    100mb unassigned on SSD disk. Why?


    Hello dear users,

    After I installed Windows 7 64-bit on my computer I got 100mb unassigned data on my SSD disk which I can't use for some reason...

    - I think the reason is because lightning struck a few hundred meters away that day, so I lost electricity at home. Therefore, I had to start the installation again.

    Is there any chance to get rid of those 100mb, so I can use them?

    Check the picture I attached.


    Thanks in advance!

    BRG,
    Evenol
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  3. speedgamer01
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    Here you can download a free partition wizard which will hopefully allow you to move the data to the beggining of the disk, and expand the partition.
    edit: what is the name of that background? it looks awsome
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  4. Evenol
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    speedgamer01 said:
    Here you can download a free partition wizard which will hopefully allow you to move the data to the beggining of the disk, and expand the partition.
    edit: what is the name of that background? it looks awsome
    Thanks a lot for your quick reply, speedgamer01! :)

    After a bit research, I read that this 100mb data is for system files etc. for Windows 7. But in this case it wouldn't been named "unassigned"? Just so I don't remove any important files...?

    About the background; Here - Just scroll a bit down. :)
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  6. speedgamer01
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    sorry, thanks you for the image
    I don't think there anything can be stored
    um where did you read that?
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  7. Evenol
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    speedgamer01 said:
    ok, but you're link is pointing to a wallpaper page
    I don't think there anything can be stored
    I'm not sure if I understand you right, but I don't know the name of the wallpaper. If you want the wallpaper, it's on the wallpaper site I just linked. :) Just scroll down a bit.
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  8. speedgamer01
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    Evenol said:
    speedgamer01 said:
    ok, but you're link is pointing to a wallpaper page
    I don't think there anything can be stored
    I'm not sure if I understand you right, but I don't know the name of the wallpaper. If you want the wallpaper, it's on the wallpaper site I just linked. :) Just scroll down a bit.
    Thanks, i was reading fast and I was looking for the source of the 100mb system file explanation
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  10. Evenol
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    speedgamer01 said:
    Evenol said:
    speedgamer01 said:
    ok, but you're link is pointing to a wallpaper page
    I don't think there anything can be stored
    I'm not sure if I understand you right, but I don't know the name of the wallpaper. If you want the wallpaper, it's on the wallpaper site I just linked. :) Just scroll down a bit.
    Thanks, i was reading fast and I was looking for the source of the 100mb system file explanation
    No worries. :)

    I just found out here that the 100MB is actually a reserve for the system files, so I think I'll keep it as it is now. :)
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  11. Hopalong X
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    This should help explain some of the usage of the 100MB.

    (Bare Foot Kid)It is where the boot files are created for Windows 7 when it is installed to an unallocated Hard Disk Drive (HDD), one that has never been formatted before; it is not necessary but it does several other very useful functions, one being it adds a link to the "Windows Recovery Console" in the F8 or the "Advanced Boot Options" menu at system startup, like in the snip below.
    The main advantage of the System Reserved partition, it adds a link to WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) to the F8 advanced boot options in Windows 7 that can be accessed during PC startup to repair startup errors if a Windows installer or a system repair disk isn't available for use; it also creates a central location to store the boot files needed to start Windows in a dual/multi boot situation and that makes it very easy to replace/remove a single OS when needed.

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  12. essenbe
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    Certainly someone will correct me if I am wrong, but the System Reserved would not be marked unassigned if it was in fact the system reserved. I'm sorry that I don't read the language in your screen shot, but it appears that the C partition is marked active. If C is the active partition, then the boot files reside there and there is no system reserved.
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  13. speedgamer01
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    Yes, i was pointing to the same thing.
    There might have been a 100mb System reserved partition earlier, but now it has gone, and the primary parititon was left in place.
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