How to prevent the 100MB partition on a new SSD?

Hi, so I noticed when I tried installing W7 on a empty, new hard drive, it created a new 100MB partition for some of it's files, which I looked up and turned out to be boot up files and other things. Anyway, I was just testing how it would work out and didn't install anything. I will get my SSD soon and I was wondering how do I make it so that it doesn't create a partition and just keeps all the files in the primary and only partition I'll have in the SSD.

 

Create a partition manually.

 

AFAIK it's not possible. That's how Win7 operates.

 

Could you be more specific?

I thought you could have it in the primary partition. My current HDD does not have this 100MB partition, only 2 Lenovo partitions and the main C:

 

Create/ format a partition with the Win 7 DVD before installing. But 100MB is not a lost space even in an SSD.

 

I have never seen Windows 7 without that partition but would like to see a pik posted if I could... Windows 7 boot and recovery files....as far as I have heard.

I do know, from personal experience, that your system will not boot if you delete it...yup been there.

 

Here's a good discussion on it (sorry NBR):

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/10408-whats-100mb-partition-can-i-delete.html

 

a) it's possible. by creating a single/multiple partitions on your empty ssd manually, you prevent that partition from existing

b) you don't want to. it's there as a secondary boot partition if something happens on your win7 setup. instead of having to boot from a win7 disk to do simple repairs (like fixmbr, fixboot), that minipartition boots with all the tools you'd need to repair your os (except for reinstallation). so it's a great gain to have that partition in case of troubles.

c) the partition is (in case of a small 40gb intel value ssd) one quarter percent of your storage gone. in case of any other ssd (most likely you get something around 64 - 256gb), it's obviously much less. so storage gain is no argument, if that is a reason for you.

 

If you don't want 100mb boot partition you can do manually partition. Here is instruction
1 - Boot up from the Windows 7 installation disc.
2 - Choose Repair your computer.
3 - In the System Recovery Options screen, choose Use recovery tools... and click Next.
4 - Open the Command Prompt.
5 - Type diskpart and hit Enter.
6 - Type list disk . Find the disk you wish to install Windows 7 on. If you only have one disk then it will show as disk 0. If you have multiple disks find the drive you wish to install 7 on.
7 - Type select disk 0 (or use the number of the disk you wish to install Windows 7 on)(note - that is a zero)
8 - Type list partition. There shouldn't be any.
9 - Type create partition primary.
10- Type select partition 1.
11- Type active.
12- Type format quick.
13- When finished reboot and begin your installation.

 

There is an even more simpler method through Setup. Partition the drive like normal.

Setup will create the 100MB partition

Delete the larger partition. Extend the 100MB partition to fill the drive. Select partition. Presto.


http://www.shivaranjan.com/2009/05/...ystem-reserved-partition-during-installation/

 

and the question remains: why?

 

That is outside the scope of this thread....

 

yes. but still interesting, as always. as it could put the whole thread to "things you don't need to know as it's of no use" things (which it most likely is). i'm interested in his ideas on why doing it. he could have a good reason, then i learned something (so would you), or a bad reason. then telling him it's a bad one would help him.

 

I thought he already stated he didn't want to use 1 of his 4 primary partitions for that. Perhaps multiple OS boot partitions?

 

maybe. but he didn't state it, actually. he just stated "he wants it all on one partition", which does not imply "i want to save one of my 4 primary partitions". it could imply just as well "i want to save 100MB of storage, as ssds are small". or "i don't know what it is, make it go away!".

only the first reason is good. and even then, only in special circumstances. you lose the repair-function of win7. so one has to weight if the gains outweight that loss.

 

It's pretty much what htwingnut stated, I didn't want an extra unnecessary partition.