100MB System Reserved in Windows 7

1Bowtie said:

Is there really a need to delete that partition, it's only 100mb, which is mynute in comparison to the harddrives we have now. Would there ever be a need for that partition

The reason for "some" of us it because the existence of that partition and it being a "Primary" is it limits the number of additional primaries that can be created.

Pusspa said:

sorry mate, i deleted all partions during install and yes its back, sorry i didnt get back to you sooner!

Thank you for the reply, that's what I thought; my apologies for being short with you.

Bare Foot Kid said:

1Bowtie said:

Is there really a need to delete that partition, it's only 100mb, which is mynute in comparison to the harddrives we have now. Would there ever be a need for that partition

The reason for "some" of us it because the existence of that partition and it being a "Primary" is it limits the number of additional primaries that can be created.

Pusspa said:

sorry mate, i deleted all partions during install and yes its back, sorry i didnt get back to you sooner!

Thank you for the reply, that's what I thought; my apologies for being short with you.

Thanks for the info BareFootKid since your only allowed 4 primary partitions i can see where that might affect you. Thanks again:)

1Bowtie said:

Thanks for the info BareFootKid since your only allowed 4 primary partitions i can see where that might affect you. Thanks again:)

Hello Smitty.



Here's a prime example of what some are getting with their OEM built PCs now and if you want/need another "Primary" Windows won't do it, Windows will only create a "Logical" for a 4th, or you need a third party program to do it.

Have alook at this tutorial.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD

Bare Foot Kid said:

1Bowtie said:

Thanks for the info BareFootKid since your only allowed 4 primary partitions i can see where that might affect you. Thanks again:)

Hello Smitty.



Here's a prime example of what some are getting with their OEM built PCs now and if you want/need another "Primary" Windows won't do it, Windows will only create a "Logical" for a 4th, or you need a third party program to do it.

Have alook at this tutorial.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD

That is even a "mild" case. I have seen brand new PCs off the shelf with 4 primary partitions. The additional one was for some OEM tools. That is getting ridiculous as long as there is the 4 primary limit in NTFS.

Hello whs, that is a shame to do to people though the majority of the ones that buy OEM never know the difference and could care less if they did; it's just when they run into issues they find out.

iseeuu said:

On the other hand, with the 100MB "System Reserved" partition in place, you can install ALL of your Operating Systems in Logical Partitions. So if your first OS is C: drive and you have one optical drive set as D:, that leaves 19 drive letters to assign to additional OSs, data partitions, and external drives.

Wow, giving up 100MB of space allowing for 20 partitions ... anybody need that many partitions?

Plus you have access to "System Repair" utilities from the "Safe Mode" menu.

Cheers!
Robert

That is a good point indeed. But when you have 4 primaries out of the box, that is a real problem too.
I was trying to teach people of my computer club how to create a seperate data partition. And each time a few come forward with their brand new laptops showing me the problem with the 4 default primaries. And since these people are mostely non-Geeks, I usually end up fixing their systems.

iseeuu said:

On the other hand, with the 100MB "System Reserved" partition in place, you can install ALL of your Operating Systems in Logical Partitions. So if your first OS is C: drive and you have one optical drive set as D:, that leaves 19 drive letters to assign to additional OSs, data partitions, and external drives.

Wow, giving up 100MB of space allowing for 20 partitions ... anybody need that many partitions?

Plus you have access to "System Repair" utilities from the "Safe Mode" menu.

Cheers!
Robert

Yes, that is a very good point.