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System reserved partitions are used to store vital operating system files, such as boot data, the boot loader and the startup files used for BitLocker drive encryption.

System reserved partitions are used to store vital operating system files, such as boot data, the boot loader and the startup files used for BitLocker drive encryption. The System Reserved partition consumes 100 MB of space on Windows 7 and 350 MB of space on Windows 8 or Windows 10.

  • When Windows starts up, it reads boot loader off the System Reserved partition, and it boots Windows from the system drive.

  • For hard drives encrypted with BitLocker drive encryption, the System Reserved partition contains the necessary files for starting Windows.

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How do I hide the System Reserved partition?

How do I hide the System Reserved partition from the Windows Explorer? On the above screenshot, I want to get rid of System Reserved (D:). How do I do that? I will never need to access it from there, why would I need the entry then? PS: I want to…
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Avoiding the pesky Windows 7 System Reserved Partition

I want to avoid the 100 MB "System reserved" partition which gets created when installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 on a blank hard drive. What is the easiest way do do this?
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How to enlarge Windows 10 EFI partition

My system currently has this partition setup: I would like to enlarge /dev/sdb2, the EFI System Partition, to 500MB. The problem is that I do not want to delete the Windows Recovery Partition (/dev/sdb1) and I do not know how to move the…
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Is it possible to install Windows 8 in only one partition?

I am trying to install Windows 8 on a blank drive. It asks for and creates a small partition of about 350 MiB named System Reserved instead of installing only in the partition I would like it to be. Coming from Windows XP I see the change as…
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Windows 7 system reserved drive autorun popup

I have several drives attached to a 64-bit Windows 7 Professional machine. In the last week, I am getting repeated, constant autorun popups for a new drive, with the label 'System reserved'. Before I can click on anything, the popup window…
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How to Refresh or Reset Windows 8 without the System Reserved partition?

The article Refresh and reset your PC mentions exactly what happens during the refresh and reset operations in Windows 8: Refresh The PC boots into Windows RE. Windows RE scans the hard drive for your data, settings, and apps, and puts them aside…
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How do I check if I have an EFI partition on my computer?

I know how to look up the partitions on my system using Disk Management and diskpart in the command line. But how can I tell if I have an EFI partition? I am using Windows 7 and I see there is a 100 MB System Reserved partition, but I don't know if…
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Can't install Ubuntu due to "unusable space" - what should I do?

I have the following partitions: When trying to install Ubuntu, it failed to read any of them and said "unusable space". The same from Kubuntu, Arch Linux and OpenSUSE. I tried to reinstall Windows and restructure my partitions, but I could not…
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How to copy Microsoft Reserved Partition partition from hard disk drive to SSD using GParted?

I’m using GParted to clone all data from HDD to SSD on each Workstation in our Company. I got two problems there: How do I copy the Microsoft Reserved Partition? GParted marks this as unknown (which is absolutely understandable, since GParted is a…
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How to avoid issue with windows 8 system reserved partition?

I had Windows 7 Ultimate on my Computer. At the Setup it created a 100 MB sized "System Reserved Partition". I upgraded my operating system to Windows 8 and now, when I modify my system files (shell32.dll and regedit.exe) there is an error message…
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Is MSR partition required on secondary GPT drives?

I accidentally managed to delete MSR partition on one of my (3TB - GPT) data storage drives during Windows installation. Windows still sees the drive and all files inside. I backed up everything just in case, but now I am wondering whether I should…
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format windows recovery partition in hard drive externally

I want to format a disk from my other laptop. I have an external drive reader and when I attempt to format the disk, it only formats the main partition but the recovery sector remains intact. I am attempting to install Ubuntu on the laptop. What…
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"not enough disk space" error while Windows 7 installation

After spending the last week mucking about with an install of Windows 7 x64 SP1 that I really need to do a repair install on (vs doing a clean install), I'm stumped as to how to get around this problem of the "not enough disk space" that occurs at…
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Is the EFI partition and GPT necessary with less than 2 TiB?

I have a 1 TB external USB hard drive that is GUID partitioned with a 100MB FAT32 EFI partition. The thing is that its a 1 terabyte drive. From what I'm aware, the limit is at 2 tebibytes (TiB). Therefore, the GPT isn't necessary, and MBR could be…
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Does OEM partition stores Windows 7 serial key ?

Does OEM partition stores the serial key which is grabbed by the Win 7 setup done from the disk provided with laptop. I realized that when you install clean system from Windows 7 disk you get with laptop, it grabs the serial key or it doesn't ask…
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