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Moving 100MB 'System Reserved' partition to regain unallocated space
I'm running Windows 7 Home 64bit on a Compaq Presario CQ61 laptop.
I have a 120GB SSD drive (C) with only Windows operating system and program files.
I have a 320GB HDD drive (D) in place of my DVD drive which holds all my documents.
Following a foolish adventure with Linux which forced me to re-install Windows,
I find my 320GB drive partitions are no longer optimal.
When setting up Linux I reduced the size of my documents partition to provide for Linux partitions.
When re-installing Windows, the installation setup a 100mb System Reserved partition immediately after my documents partition. This leaves a 42GB unallocated portion of my HDD.
I understand that I cannot delete the 100mb System Reserved partition as that is required for boot files etc.
However, I would like to move the System Reserved partition to the end of the HDD so that I can resize my documents partition using the 42GB of unallocated space.
Partition Wizard does not allow me to touch the System Reserved partition, how do I move it?
Thank you,
Chris
Last edited by chrisp9au; 21 Sep 2012 at 18:15. Reason: Spelling!