System File Reserve

[littlewicky]

So I reintalled Win7 last night and came across a problem. I created two partitions on the single 1TB HDD I have. One is 58gb for the OS and the other is the rest. But after I updated everything and installed all the desired software I restarted. But when the computer booted it didn't detect a bootable device. I figured that the OS partitions wasn't the active partition, I got it to boot into Win7 fine. My problem is that Win7 reserves 100mb of the HDD for "System Reserve". This was original hidden, but ever since it stopped working and then I fixed it, it shows up in My Computer as a drive (E:). So my question is why is it showing up and can I get rid of it so people don't put anything in this drive.

[L.E.D]

Remove the drive letter for the system reserved partition. If you have a multi-boot system, this couldcause problems depending on where your system boots from.

To remove the drive letter and hide the partition from explorer and my computer:

1. Open Computer management on the local computer by right clicking on Computer in Windows Explorer and choose manage. Then click on Disk Management in the left hand pane.

   (Or just type diskmgmt.msc into the run dialog)

2. Right click on the shaded area for Drive D: System reserved in the lower right hand window.

3. Click on Change drive letter or paths

4. Highlight D and click remove

If you receive error messages that the drive might be in use or that programs might not run correctly,don't panic. It is OK to remove the drive letter. Once a letter is not assigned, the drive will not appear in windows explorer.

This works in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

 

Source: http://superuser.com/questions/395634/how-do-i-hide-the-system-reserved-partition

[littlewicky]

Thanks man for the help.

[L.E.D]

Thanks man for the help.

 

So it worked ? 

[littlewicky]

Yes

[L.E.D]

Yes

 

Good to here, Glad I could I help and answer your question fast.