So I finally got around to checking one of my set ups and I discovered that it does not have the Windows 7 100MB section on the SSD. I double checked with Macrium and sure enough, there is no 100MB section on the SSD.
Is there a way to install it without having to reload the entire O/S again?
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Well, all my other systems have the 100MB part so I just wanted to keep them all the same. I have no issues with that computer; but on others I had to use the repair a couple of times which helped.
The part in Step 4, section 3 says to do a "clean install" and I do not want to that.
Is it then not possible to create the 100MB part without having to wipe out everything?
The 100 MB system reserved partition is created when you install windows to unallocated space, if a partition is created for windows and marked active it is not created.
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Well, I don't remember that far back. I got two SSD's (identical) and then loaded Windows 7. That was about 4-6 months ago. Today I am really bored, decided to tool around and then I discovered that one has no 100MB section while the other computer does.
So I just want ed to see if it is possible to create without losing what I have. Any help (or not possible help) is good.
If you don't need Bitlocker or to Dual Boot, then there's no reason you need the System Reserved partition.
We can help you create it if you insist but there is risk so back up a Win7 backup image first, and post back here a screenshot of your maximized Disk mgmt drive map and listings using the Snipping Tool in Start Menu.
I'd also agree there is basically little need to the have the system reserved if you don't use Bitlocker. I personally think it is useful if you multiboot. In this case I think it is cleaner to have the bootmgr and the BCD on its own little partition and not attached to one of the OS partitions.
If you really want to it's easy to add a system reserved up the front were it normally lives using free Partition Wizard. If you want to do this I'd recommend ~200MB rather than 100MB which is what MS should have stuck with.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build
OS
Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws (DDR3-1600) 2x4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450; Intel HD Graphics 3000(GT2+)
There's an issue we dealt with a lot early on where Win7 backup imaging couldn't run because there wasn't enough space for a SysVolInfo file needed to be placed on System Reserved. For that reason when System Reserved is desired we suggest 200mb to be extra safe.
However both that issue and the need to ever construct a System Reserved partition has nearly disappeared so it may have been solved in SP1 or a performance update since then, plus there is a lot less panic over System Reserved now with most taking the position that they can take it or leave it, but any time fretting one way or the other is wasted.
