Move 100MB reserved partition (Win 7 x64)

Post screenshot of disk management please.

Another question. Do you really want to keep "system reserved"? It's used for:

• Bootmanager and bootmenu
• Bitlocker encryption.

You definitely want bootmanager and bootmenu on a separate partition?

boxleitnerb said:

But when I remove the Win7 DVD, the system won't boot.

What error message do you get?

Disconnect drive 2. Are you very very sure drive 1 has only 1 partition? That partition is marked "active"?
If so... do a startup repair 3 times.

boxleitnerb said:

If I can ditch the reserved partition altogether, even better. I only have one OS and I don't use encryption.

In the meantime I have attempted to solve the problem (probably a mistake), following this guide here (in German):
https://www.bauer-martin.com/windows...ellen-604.html

Basically I marked the only partition on Drive 1 as active and then executed those three repair/fix commands.
But the bootrec /rebuildbcd command didn't work: It found the installation alright, but no matter what I selected (Y/N/A), I got the error message "The requested system device couldn't be found".

Now my system won't boot even with Drive 2 connected, stating "BootManager missing".

bootrec/fixmbr : It rewrites the Master Boot Code on physical disc. That was fine already.
bootrec/fixboot : It rewrite the volumes boot sector. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it should put the bootmgr on the volume as well.

As said before... just do a "startup repair" 3 times.

boxleitnerb said:

Solved it. I failed to mention that I use an USB drive instead of a Windows 7 DVD.

The bootrec /rebuildbcd command only works if the USB drive is plugged into an USB 2.0 slot, not 3.0. Because then the recovery tools don't recognize it and the aforementioned error message appears. Now the command was executed successfully, startup repair found the installation (contrary to before), repaired it and my system boots flawlessly now with the reserved system partition on C just the way I wanted it.

Thanks anyway!

"startup repair" does all the bootrec steps when needed.
"with the reserved system partition on C" ... hmmm???? Do you have only C on that disk or also a "system reserved" and which one is marked active? totally confused

I would love to see if it actually made a system reserved partition, ( highly unlikely ) could you post a shot of disk management ?

But, if you mean the system files are now on C and C is now active, that`s exactly what startup repair should have done.