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    Additional hard drive with one disk as "System Reserved"

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by martyn333, Aug 28, 2012.

  1. martyn333

    martyn333 Newbie

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    Hello folks,

    I have an issue accessing my previous hard drive. I have replaced the old 320G with 750G hard drive and moved most of stuff over. But now it seems to have one of the disks on the hard drive set as "System Reserved" and no files show. Even though it has around 50gigs of stuff. I am using USB external hard drive adaptor.

    Does anyone know why I can't access the files on that particular disk? I am on Win7. I have tried connecting to other laptop, but it shows up in the same way.

    Thank you
     
    martyn333, Aug 28, 2012
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  2. Zioxy

    Zioxy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sounds like the hard drive partition is Encrypted.
    Have you used BitLocker to encrypt the hard drive before?
     
    Zioxy, Aug 29, 2012
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    martyn333 Newbie

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    No, I have not used any encrypting software whatsoever. It was working fine earlier. But now it seems all files to be hidden. I find it rather odd that the disk seems to be inaccessible.
     
    martyn333, Aug 29, 2012
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    it may be the OEM's system restoration partition?
     
    TANWare, Sep 2, 2012
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  5. TreeTops Ranch

    TreeTops Ranch Notebook Deity

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    Martyn...Your disk manufacturer has disk utilities that can format that disk and get rid of that hidden partition. I did that in my Gateway 7508u. I took out the OEM 500G disk which had that hidden partition and replaced it with a 750 G hard drive just like you did. Then I went to the Disk manufacturer website and downloaded their utility for formatting drives and there is a option to remove hidden partitions. I used that on the old OEM 500G disk and that is now my backup disk.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Sep 2, 2012
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