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| 1126652 | 2010-08-11 20:53:00 | The 100 mb partition is for bitlocker. Which gets created (on some PC's), when you install Win7. And its probably not a good idea to delete it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1126653 | 2010-08-11 21:03:00 | The 100 mb partition is for bitlocker. Which gets created (on some PC's), when you install Win7. And its probably not a good idea to delete it Totally agree with speedy comments -- if you do delete it, it will also stop your PC from booting and you will have to repair the startup files. It also contains recovery information, so if windows ever need to repair its self it cant if that partition is gone, you would have to run it Via the Repair CD. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1126654 | 2010-08-11 21:21:00 | some of the other software might be able to do it .. a while back someone posted here saying the a pro version that works with the x64 was available. how i did it? i formatted my hdd and reinstalled windows using windows setup to repartition my hdd prior. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1126655 | 2010-08-11 21:49:00 | It also contains recovery information, so if windows ever need to repair its self it cant if that partition is gone, you would have to run it Via the Repair CD. This is going to be a prob if it stuffs up here then. Because this doesnt have the 100 mb partition on it. Only thing, I can think of is because I'm dual booting with Vista x64, but it just didn't want to create the 100 mb partition (after I installed Vista x64). There's a few bugs in Win7's install. I also found, that if I make so many partitions in Win7's install, (with this 1 TB hdd), 150 GB is left. And I cant format it (after I've installed Win7). Because it wants to make the disk dynamic. Obviously, I don't want it to make it dynamic. Otherwise I'll only be able to use 200 GB out of 1 TB. So, if you want partitions in Win7, do it after its been installed, DON'T create the partitions in setup. So, IMO, the partition option in Win7's setup is pointless, because it doesn't work properly And not all systems will boot after Win7 creates this partition anyway. I've mentioned this here before. If Win7 creates the 100 mb partition, it can hang after the first reboot, after the post screen appears. And you've got no other option but to make the partition/s bigger. So the install can't create the 100 mb partition. And so Win7 will install |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1126656 | 2010-08-11 22:00:00 | This is going to be a prob if it stuffs up here then . Because this doesnt have the 100 mb partition on it . Only thing, I can think of is because I'm dual booting with Vista x64, but it just didn't want to create the 100 mb partition (after I installed Vista x64) . ----- So, if you want partitions in Win7, do it after its been installed, DON'T create the partitions in setup . So, IMO, the partition option in Win7's setup is pointless, because it doesn't work properly l My own W7 is exactly the same, it was in a dual boot with Vista, but after removing Vista, I had to fix the boot files, then it worked fine - No hidden partition . When partitioning W7 drives I wont use its inbuilt either, I actually use Paragon Partition manger from a bootable CD . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1126657 | 2010-08-11 22:12:00 | Yup, I would remove Vista, but the tuner in this works better with Vista than it does with Win7 (In Win7 its slow (like slow motion), when I change channels, in Media center, and AverTV). In Vista, when you change channels (in AverTV) its smoother. But the only downside (with Vista) is the tuner doesn't work in Media center. And I cant stream to the Xbox either (so I can watch the idiots in Parliament, on Freeview, on the TV) :p |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1126658 | 2010-08-11 22:21:00 | Taking a step back, with imaging as my backup strategy, I am re-thinking splitting up drives. You need to backup all three partitions so that is three jobs to do. It also means that there is waste space as three partitions need 'header room' (admittedly not so much of a problem nowadays with BIG HDDs). And if you don't give the C: drive enough space at the start, you need to mess around to make it bigger (a big culprit in increased disk size is Picasa which stores big files on the C: drive). Most people store their emails on C: drive as well. So, you end up with data on the three drives, each needing frequent backup. Not sure I can see any benefit in this split. I certainly can't see any benefit in splitting documents and pics onto separate partitions. Just my musings! |
linw (53) | ||
| 1126659 | 2010-08-11 23:16:00 | . Try a defrag then try to shrink again . in safe mode . |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1126660 | 2010-08-11 23:21:00 | I have a SSD for my C:/ so its a little smaller than I would like, I have all the traditional "My Docs" stuff going to a seperate hard drive. Nothing but system files, virus scanner and the odd thing that won't install anywhere else is on C:/ yet it is still around 60gb in size. I can't account for all that space thou, at least 20gb of that is "missing" somewhere..... |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1126661 | 2010-08-11 23:31:00 | I use Win 7 with two partitions. C: is O/S and all programs. D: Is everything else. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
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