glasskuter
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For some unknown reason I decided to mess with my partitioning arrangement in preparation of the upcoming Windows 10 release. Using my backups my goal was to have Windows 7 on the first 500gb partition and Windows 8.1 on the second 430gb partition. Once Windows 7 upgraded to Windows 10 I intended to move my Windows 8.1 to another machine (using Acronis universal restore) and then extend Windows 10 into its drive space. I have accomplished this, the partitions are arranged on the disk like I want, and both operating systems boot fine.
My problem is this-I have no "system reserved Partition".
Booting from Windows 7 (the first partition) disk management shows this way:
Dell-Windows 7 (C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump Primary Partition) 500 gb
Dell-Windows 8.1 (D Simple, Basic,Ntfs, Healthy (Primary Partition) 430 gb
I left 1 gb unallocated space at the end of the drive
Is there any way I can establish a "system reserved" partition in the unallocated space , move my boot files to it, and make it the active partition? My mind reels at the thought of having to re-install both operating systems from scratch.
Another question - If I leave it as is and then upgrade to Windows 10 will Windows 10 even boot?
I'd really like to get this as it should be before I do the Windows 10 upgrade. I appreciate any help.
edit-I have no idea how I got the smiley faces in this post.
My problem is this-I have no "system reserved Partition".
Booting from Windows 7 (the first partition) disk management shows this way:
Dell-Windows 7 (C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump Primary Partition) 500 gb
Dell-Windows 8.1 (D Simple, Basic,Ntfs, Healthy (Primary Partition) 430 gb
I left 1 gb unallocated space at the end of the drive
Is there any way I can establish a "system reserved" partition in the unallocated space , move my boot files to it, and make it the active partition? My mind reels at the thought of having to re-install both operating systems from scratch.
Another question - If I leave it as is and then upgrade to Windows 10 will Windows 10 even boot?
I'd really like to get this as it should be before I do the Windows 10 upgrade. I appreciate any help.
edit-I have no idea how I got the smiley faces in this post.
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