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Installing Windows 7 with one partition?
Hello,
My first post and quick question please to the experienced community here. I have Windows 7 64 bit Home Preminum installed and did a ‘standard’ clean installation on the computer I just built. This was a novice mistake of course. :) First time Windows 7 user and I was uninitiated about the ‘System Reserved Partition’ that joyfully comes with each installation unless steps are performed during/prior the installation to consolidate the installation into one partition...which is my preference.
I found the following excellent tutorial on how to perform a clean installation of Windows 7 that also addresses how to install with a single partition:
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html?filter%5b2%5d=General%20Tips
Just below is an explanation of how to install Win 7 with one partition:
· If you do not want to have the 100 MB System Reserved partition and only the Windows 7 C: partition on a HDD after installation, then select a formatted partition or drive to install Windows 7 on. If there are any partitions on the disk, you won't get the 100 MB System Reserved.
So my simple questions are after performing the following:
- Install fresh unformatted hard drive.
- Perform full format of hard drive with a single partition.
Do I?
a. Make sure Disk Management has assigned a letter to this single partition?
b. Do I mark this partition as ‘active’ ?
…should I also perform steps a & b prior to installing Windows 7?
Many Thanks.