hi
i would like to reinstall win 7 on my ssd
i changed the boot order to cd being first
moving on....when i was asked where do you want to install windows?.... An MSR partition showed up, how do i get rid of this pls?
im guessing i have missed out on doing something correctly and that is why it is showing up
Are you installing as Legacy - MBR or GPT - UEFI?
You have to delete ALL partitions - create new - proceed.
A M$ 100M partition and a large NTFS partition will be created. Install win 7 on the large NTFS partition.
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To install Win 7 without the M$ 100M partition you have to make one NTFS partition and make it active using Diskpart or another Partition program as Mini tool Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free
Then, during installation, don't delete the partition. Install win 7 on the large NTFS partition.
In my opinion, to save 100M, it doesn't worth the effort.
As your MB is new, it has a UEFI BIOS.
If you boot the Win 7 installation disk as UEFI, it will install as GPT - UEFI.
Leave the SSD as fist option. On boot, launch the boot menu (F12?) then you will see two options to boot the Win 7 installation disk. Legacy or UEFI. Choose UEFI.
hi thanks for replies
i have made a change or two and it solved the problem
it asked me to remove my external seagate drive
i cant remember if i changed any of the bios settings but now i dont see the MSR Reserved partition
check it out
maybe you can tell me if i changed anything in the bios. i will have to look to rememeber if i changed anything after reading the last post above
M$ reserved partition is used to store the encryption / decryption translator on Ultimate brand. It doesn't show on Disk management. But it's probably there.
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