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    Windows 7 Pro dual boot Win8 broke 100 meg system reserved partition, how to fix?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by GDavidF, Oct 5, 2012.

  1. GDavidF

    GDavidF Notebook Guru

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    Hi all, been around here a while with the G51 and mods but have an issue with my "lunchbox notebook HP5102"

    I installed an SSD within a week of buying it and thought I'd try dual booting with Windows 8. LSS; after installing the windows 8 partition I noticed in the Disk Management widow that the system reserved 100 meg partition was missing.. :confused:

    Computer seems to boot OK, but when the trial runs out I'd like to revert back to Win 7 Pro only AND image the drive to a larger SSD possibly as I have one sitting around now...

    Any ideas on how I'd go about fixing this (short of a full reinstall)?

    Netbooks are the slowest things to install and update... :(

    Regards from down under,
    G'David
     
    GDavidF, Oct 5, 2012
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  2. tijo

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    When i partitioned my HDD for Win 7/Win 8 dual boot, i set 7 as the default OS to load and when i was donw with Win 8, i just nuked the Windows 8 partition and everything was working fine. If you're worried something will go wrong, make a windows 7 repair disc and use that to repair the boot files if things go wrong when you nuke the windows 8 partition.
     
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  3. GDavidF

    GDavidF Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for the advice tijo. Had similar settings and extended the boot choice timer. Creating a USB boot disc is something I will have to look into...
    Regards,
    Dave
     
    GDavidF, Oct 6, 2012
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