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Hi MilesAhead If a hard drive is GPT then it must have an ESP (efi system partition) for it to be bootable, which the boot drive in the screen shot does not have, hence it must be MBR/msdos configured. Also GPT drives don't require Active partitions so Disk2 in the second screen shot is also not...

I don't see any evidence that there are any GPT styled drives here. The OS drives certainly aren't. Hard Drive - GPT or MBR - Windows 7 Help Forums Are you using Bitlocker or any other type of drive encryption that could be dependent on the partition?

LOL.....I'm guessing tuts is a typo for tips. Stopping unnecessary addons from permanently running in the background is the best approach. Start with an app called Starter.exe and progress to AutoRuns when you have learned a bit. Starter Free Download - Startup Manager Autoruns for Windows...

Hey Dark Rider Sure you can defrag with another tool, either from Windows or boot disk. And as you say you can remove the system partition altogether if you want. I personally never allow separate system partitions and I stop them being created at install time. Data being fragmented in no way...

By default the System Reserved partition will contain among other things the main operating system boot files (bootmgr and BCD) and if you do as suggested and format the partition you will have a little problem at the next reboot. Windows would not let you format it anyway. Bitlocker can also...