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"D: system" partition
I have a new laptop that came with pre-installed Windows 7 home premium 64 bit. It had 2 partitions when it arrived:
1) a large partition labeled "C: Local Disk"
2) a small 200 mb partition labeled "D: System"
Looking at the contents of D: I see it contains the following folders:
a) recycle.bin
b) Boot (which seems to contain language files)
c) System Volume (which I cannot access)
and a file "bootmgr"
Questions:
Why does this partition (that contains the bootmgr and boot file) have a drive letter? Would it not be safer if it did _not_ have a drive letter = to avoid accidental injury?
If I remove its drive letter, will the laptop still boot correctly?
Is this what used to be called the mbr hidden partition?
Thanks.
Last edited by Anderson2; 14 Feb 2010 at 10:57. Reason: clarify