OEM Partition on secondary hard drive?

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Hardwhere

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I am setting up a secondary slave drive for photo storage and want to know if it is normal to have it automatically create an area of 181mgs for the (Healthy (active, OEM partition). I wanted all the drive space dedicated to it. Its only 181 megs out of 1.3TB, but just wanted to know if that is normal.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate
Its a new HD

Its a new HD.. but I started to clone it with a WD app and I think that put it on. I need to find a way do get rid of the partition. Or find out if it's suppose to be there.
 

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If you have no data on the drive then you can delete both partitions using Windows Disk Management (type in search bar) then format as primary NTFS. Assign a drive letter eg, P.
If you have data the I would use free Partition Wizard. Delete the first partition and resize the 2nd to the left.
 

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Your screenshot shows four old OEM partitions.
1) 181mb OEM partition
2) 63mb OEM partition
3) 15gb OEM Recovery partition
4) 450gb Old OS partition
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
OEM partition con't

I am just referring to Disk 1, When I try and right click on the 181mb partition.. it just shows "help" No delete option.
Do i need to keep it there? Partition magic refers to it as a bootable drive. No I am wondering if I need to put a backup OS on there in a small partition. This drive is for just photo/video files.

FYI, The demo version of Partition Magic will let me delete it. I am now just wondering why it was put there and if I need to keep it.
 

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OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
You can safely delete it. The boot and active flags are present on C:, so you won't have a problem.
 

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8 home-builds from the 80's into 2004
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W7 Home Premium 32bit
Hardwhere said:
I am just referring to Disk 1, When I try and right click on the 181mb partition.. it just shows "help" No delete option.
Do i need to keep it there? Partition magic refers to it as a bootable drive. No I am wondering if I need to put a backup OS on there in a small partition. This drive is for just photo/video files.

FYI, The demo version of Partition Magic will let me delete it. I am now just wondering why it was put there and if I need to keep it.
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I suggest you use Partition Wizard (well regarded on this Forum).
FYI: When working on your OS partition using PW boot CD is recommended. When working on Disk 1 the installed Mini Tool is what I would use for convenience.
Best Free Partition Manager Freeware and free partition magic for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build
OS
Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws (DDR3-1600) 2x4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450; Intel HD Graphics 3000(GT2+)
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Ultrasharp IPS panel U2311H, Samsung SyncMaster P2350
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro SSD 256GB, Samsung SSD 840 120GB, Seagates 1TB Barracuda ST31000528AS x2
PSU
Seasonic M12II 520W
Case
Lian Li Lancool PC-K60
Cooling
Case: 1x120mm, 3x140mm CPU: Hyper 212+
Keyboard
Logitech MK520 (wireless)
Mouse
Logitech MK520
Internet Speed
6-7 Mbps
Antivirus
Norton Security Premium, Malwarebytes on 2 (MSE on 3rd PC)
Browser
FireFox
Other Info
Audio: Logitech Z523 2.1
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