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Re/Moving System Reserved - SSD+HD system
Hi, I've got a brand new system setup with SSD and HD. Unfortunately when I installed Win 7 (64 bit Pro) I had both drives connected so the "System Reserved" 100 MB partition was placed on the HD.
Later on after some googling I learned that the proper way is to only connect the SSD when installing and afterwards to connect any other hard drives you may wish to add to your system. For more see:
"When you do your Windows 7 install make sure that there are no drives connected apart from the one you're going to install onto. If another drive is available then the install kit will put the reserved partition there instead of on the OS drive. "
[Solved] 100MB System Reserved Partition regarding clean install - Hard-Disks - Storage
"One word of advice I'd mention is to disconnect ALL of your drives EXCEPT the SSD when you install Windows. Windows will try to create a "recovery partition" on a different drive than the OS drive. When you boot the system you're actually booting from the recovery partition which then goes ahead and loads windows from the OS drive. The idea is that it your OS drive gets corrupted then you can still boot the recovery partition in order to perform a repair.
Unfortunately it means that both drives need to work in order to boot Windows. I personally prefer that everything you need to boot the system be on one drive, so I install windows without any other drives connected. This way it creates the recovery partition on the same drive as Windows (the SSD, in this case)."
Win 7 SSD - config-customize - windows-7
Here's what my disk management look like:
https://i.imgur.com/hFrDo.png
So my question is this. How can I best fix this situation?
Should I remove the 100 MB partition and try the repair method to have it be put on the SSD? I found this:
Moving the System Reserved partition in Windows 7. - Microsoft Answers
Or...............
Since the system is brand new with no data/applications on it yet should I do a brand new install by disconnecting the HD and installing fresh on the SSD (again)? this would force the system reserved partition on the same drive - and then connecting the platter drive to the system.
But if I do this, then will there be a problem since the HD will have the leftover system reserved partition still there?
Thanks in advance for your help!