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    System Reserved Partition not on primary hard disk

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gull_s_777, Apr 17, 2011.

  1. gull_s_777

    gull_s_777 Notebook Consultant

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    I have 80GB intel SSD as primary boot drive and 640GB as secondary hard drive.
    When i installed OS first time after putting them in my system. I first made two partitions on SSD but system didn't create any reserved 100MB partition on SSD. As soon as i started making partitions on 640GB drive, system asked me first to make reserved partition and then i could continue to make more partitions.
    So now i have my OS installed on SSD, while system reserved partition is on secondary hard drive.
    How can i make this system reserved partition on my primary boot drive (SSD)????

    PS: I have tried to remove hard disk and tried to install OS with ssd only in my system. But still it didn't make any system reserved partition when i created partitions.

    PS: And one more weird thing... Now with my reserved partition on secondary hard dirve, when i install windows from DVD , i can boot with SSD set on 1st boot priority.But when i install windows from USB, i have to set secondary hard dive as 1st boot priority otherwise system just won't boot.
     
    gull_s_777, Apr 17, 2011
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  2. NoAirBanding

    NoAirBanding Notebook Geek

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    When installing Windows 7 remove all partitions from the target drive and hit next, it will make what it needs on it's own. Especially with an SSD so it can align the partitions.
     
    NoAirBanding, Apr 17, 2011
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