Solved 2 system reserved partitions

[Dr Future]

Hi all,

So this is my first foray into both the world of PC building and this forum and i need help with this issue after getting confused by other threads in this forum.

I first thought there might be an issue when in my libraries i had a "system reserved" drive assigned to the (D): drive, so i went into disk management to remove the assigned drive and spotted there being 2 system reserved partitions, one on each of the SSD's...

i put the 500gb Seagate SSD in after buying it off a friend (who said it had been wiped) and slotted this into my system to eventually store games on, with the 250 Samsung drive housing only windows 7, and the 2TB HDD for docs etc.

basically all i want to know is is this a big issue and secondly, how has this problem occurred? and finally,
how do i fix this? i presume i have to remove the SR partition from the 500GB Seagate SSD if i want to boot off the Samsung

i should also say that because this is a new build there is nothing on the PC to lose, and also i don't have the key/ install disk for windows to hand

cheers in advance, and please ELI5!

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Looks as though the seller only wiped the c drive :/
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

Personally I would remove disk 1 and see if windows still boots okay and report back.

 

[Dr Future]

Hi,
Looks as though the seller only wiped the c drive :/
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

Personally I would remove disk 1 and see if windows still boots okay and report back.

Ok so I removed the new SSD (aka disk 1 / E drive) and it booted from the C drive no problem, disk management now looks like this...



(which doesn't look out of the ordinary to me, unless I'm mistaken )

so should i plug the SSD back in to disk 1 and run a wipe you linked to on that?

 

[Dr Future]

should i run clean or clean all on the problem SSD?

 

[AddRAM]

Windows might not let you delete the System Reserved Partition on that drive, it needs to be marked in active 1st.

You don`t have to use Disk Part, just try using Disk Management first so you can see what you`re doing. If you are not familiar with Disk Part you could do serious damage.

You only need to run the clean command.

I would just use Partition Wizard

Install it and do whatever you want to that ssd. Delete the entire ssd down to unallocated space, then create, align and format a Primary partition out of the entire ssd if it`s just going to be used for storage.

Partition Wizard does it all

Best Professional Partition Manager | MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro

 

[Dr Future]

Windows might not let you delete the System Reserved Partition on that drive, it needs to be marked in active 1st.

You don`t have to use Disk Part, just try using Disk Management first so you can see what you`re doing. If you are not familiar with Disk Part you could do serious damage.

You only need to run the clean command.

I would just use Partition Wizard

Install it and do whatever you want to that ssd. Delete the entire ssd down to unallocated space, then create, align and format a Primary partition out of the entire ssd if it`s just going to be used for storage.

Partition Wizard does it all

Best Professional Partition Manager | MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro

ok so i powered down and plugged the SSD back in, in disk management there is no option to mark the extra system reserved partition as inactive. or is that no longer necessary if i'm going to run the partition wizard?

 

[Dr Future]

would deleting the volume in disk management do anything?

 

[Dr Future]

ok so i downloaded the partition wizard, the free one as the one you linked me AddRAM wouldnt let me execute any changes, and the system reserved partition is gone! however now in disk management it has the new ssd listed as healthy (page file, active, primary partition) is that right? what does page file mean?

thanks for your help!

 

[AddRAM]

Please post a new shot of Disk Management.

 

[AddRAM]

ok so i downloaded the partition wizard, the free one as the one you linked me AddRAM wouldnt let me execute any changes, and the system reserved partition is gone! however now in disk management it has the new ssd listed as healthy (page file, active, primary partition) is that right? what does page file mean?

thanks for your help!

What do you mean it wouldn`t let you execute any changes ? Did you clcik Apply up in the top left corner after choosing the options you wanted to do ?

 

[AddRAM]

ok so i downloaded the partition wizard, the free one as the one you linked me AddRAM wouldnt let me execute any changes, and the system reserved partition is gone! however now in disk management it has the new ssd listed as healthy (page file, active, primary partition) is that right? what does page file mean?

thanks for your help!

A page file is part of a hard drive that acts as memory, yours is on the wrong drive, it belongs on the C drive, and with 16 GB of memory you really don`t even need a Page File, but it should at least be shrunk down to a Minimum of 2 GB and a Maximum of 4 GB, ask if you don`t know how to change that.

I told you the entire 500 GB SSD has to be deleted to unallocated space, then you create a primary partition out of the entire 500 GB SSD, then align and format the partition, all this can be done with Partition Wizard.

 

[AddRAM]

Please read posts 9,10, and 11 before you re post again, and please post a new shot of Disk Management.

 

[Dr Future]

ok so i downloaded the partition wizard, the free one as the one you linked me AddRAM wouldnt let me execute any changes, and the system reserved partition is gone! however now in disk management it has the new ssd listed as healthy (page file, active, primary partition) is that right? what does page file mean?

thanks for your help!

What do you mean it wouldn`t let you execute any changes ? Did you clcik Apply up in the top left corner after choosing the options you wanted to do ?

when i clicked apply it just said i had to purchase the full version to apply changes

 

[Dr Future]

ok so i downloaded the partition wizard, the free one as the one you linked me AddRAM wouldnt let me execute any changes, and the system reserved partition is gone! however now in disk management it has the new ssd listed as healthy (page file, active, primary partition) is that right? what does page file mean?

thanks for your help!

A page file is part of a hard drive that acts as memory, yours is on the wrong drive, it belongs on the C drive, and with 16 GB of memory you really don`t even need a Page File, but it should at least be shrunk down to a Minimum of 2 GB and a Maximum of 4 GB, ask if you don`t know how to change that.

I told you the entire 500 GB SSD has to be deleted to unallocated space, then you create a primary partition out of the entire 500 GB SSD, then align and format the partition, all this can be done with Partition Wizard.

yeah i don't know how big the page file is or how to change it, anyway heres the disk management now


i follow your instructions and deleted the whole drive then reallocated the space, created primary etc

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Looks better

 

[Layback Bear]

Just curious.

What is on disk 1 and 2 that they need to be active?

 

[Dr Future]

Just curious.

What is on disk 1 and 2 that they need to be active?

should they not be active?

 

[AddRAM]

You did not delete the 500 GB SSD down to unallocated space yet, you couldn`t have, it`s still marked Active and it still has a Page File on it.

Only Disk 0 should be marked Active.

Did you download the Free Home Version of Partition Wizard ? Sounds like you downloaded and installed a Pro Trial, there should be no reason PW won`t do all those things.

Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

Right click on Disk 1 and Disk 2 in Disk Management and see if it will let you set them inactive, let us know what happens.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/197157-partition-mark-inactive.html

 

[AddRAM]

This is how you change your page file, as you can see, I don`t use one.

 

[AddRAM]

This is how your Disk Management should end up, disregard Disk 0 in this example, my ASMedia sata controllers are the primary controllers on this board and that`s just where the Intel SSD ends up, but just ignore it.

Look at Drives 2 through 6, that`s exactly how your Drives 1 and 2 should look. No Page File and Not marked Active.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/197157-partition-mark-inactive.html