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If noyb would stop banging on about his beloved app. for a minute... LOL
Yes, you can use any backup app. including Windows system backup ( if you must ) without the 100mb partition.
I agree with noyb - there are much better apps. out there.
As well as Acronis ( not free ), there are some great FREE ones:
Macrium is very small and fast - but you have to use the boot disc to restore with the free version.
Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download
Paragon Backup and Recovery 10 Free has the most functions of any free back up app. You can restore from within Windows with it, tho. always make aboot disc in case you can't get into Windows at all.
Backup & Recovery Free Edition
It isn't especially fast ( just a bit quicker than than windows system backup - tho. the image size is considerably smaller). It is also vastly more flexible than Windows system backup.
A!Btw i was write then,the system reserved is necessary if you want to use the win 7 back up>--->Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Backup and Restore....
Problem Solved.
Thanks EVERYBODY for helping!
Yes, you are right, there is a Partition Wizard version you can install, instead of using the CD. I am glad that worked for you.
As the minimum size is 100MB, your 99MB just didn't work.
Keeping the "System Reserved" partition offers you some advantages:
You have a separate boot partition
You have some repair utilities available at boot
You can avoid the 4 Primary Partition limitation because the rest of your hard drive can be an extended partition with as many logical drives as there are letters left in the alphabet. This may become more popular as more 2TB + hard drives are used in home computers?
...just to name a few.
We all are glad you got your system sorted out.
Happy surfing!
Robert
No, it is not necessary to have the separate system reserved partition to use any backup imaging app. If you want to restore from within Windows and you want Windows Sys backup to boot up the recovery environment automatically , then having the separate sys reserved partition will do that.
You can easily add the windows recovery environment to your boot menu , if you wish . You don't need the separate sys reserved partition to do that.
NO. If you want to do the control panel thing to automatically boot the recovery environment from within windows - then , yes , it will do that if you have the sys reserved partition.
However, if you don't have the sys reserved partition , you can easily add the recovery environment to your boot menu - just select it from there, instead of via the control panel.