is it normal for there to be 100mb reserved partition as only boot

i was wondering when i go into the admin tools i see a 100mb reserved section that says system reserved. and is also the boot partition but yet my c: drive is not. so im guessing it boots there first then into c: normaly id say this is not normal but i dont know i am on windows 7. does anyone know anything about this. also odly enough it says C: is boot drive but if i go into safe mode. then it shows the system reserved portion as the boot drive and not c:

here is a picture so you can see

 

As far as I know, Windows 7 automatically creates a 100 mb partition.

 

Apparently some have it and some don't. I have it on mine. But I have heard that under some circumstances, the small 100mb partition isn't created. I don't think it matters much either way.... Just let 7 do it's thing as it sees fit.

 

There's some explanation here.

You might want to be careful, depending on your setup, about messing around with it:

 

Thanks for that link wat0114, now I know what's going on as to why the 100 meg partition was being created on some test installs and not other drives.

 

I found the same thing on a machine I formatted and did a clean install on. On one I upgraded from Vista this of course did not happen, as it kept the original partition.

 

I know a few people with home premium with another extra partition.
Also, they do have a recovery disk, maybe it is something extra.

 

A thread on the Pronetworks forums (makers of "DualBootPro") written by one of their gurus indicates why / when this small separate system partition is or isn't created:

http://www.pronetworks.org/forums/prevent-windows-7-creating-a-small-separate-system-partition-t104971.html

 

The 100 MB partition can be removed.

I don't want it. It takes up one of the four primary partition slots in the MBR and is a potential concern when you are restoring images to a new HD. Two images will need to be restored.

 

FYI for anyone who needs to get around this when installing in the future. When I installed Win7 upgrade with an os preinstalled, I deleted the preinstalled os partition and formatted it. When I created the partition for Win7, it wanted to create the additional 100mb partition. What I did was let it create it after creating mine. Then I deleted the one I created and merged the 100mb partition with the one I deleted and it worked. No 100mb partition, just one partition.

 

im still using the windows 7 RC version and the partition dont always apear there and it does not show in my computer just admin tools/diskmanagement. also i dont use bitlocker at all and as far as i know it was'nt in the rc version but i could be wrong. but i need to read up on this a bit. also thanks for the link wat and axial.

 

The 100mb partition is hidden thats why you only see it in diskmangement. This partition is created during Win7 installation. If you look carefully you can install win7 in one partition or after some formating/deleting etc iit shows one big partition and one 100mb partition. Look at the post before yours.

 

I only have 1 partition with the status (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dumb, Primary Partition), Windows 7 Ultimate 64.
I created a new partition, installed Win 7, deleteted the old partition and merged the free space to the Win 7 partition. No additional 100MB partition.

 

I upgraded from XP Pro to W7 Pro.
Installed over XP.
Found the extra partition and it was linked to 'old files' from XP.
Deleted the extra partition and have had no problems.
I'm not saying you should do it too, only that it worked for me.

 

Hugger,

Did you delete a partition or a folder named Windows.old?

 

hi

can i install windows 7 under virtualbox and make an image?

to restore with a recovery cd in an new hard disk?


thanks