Deleting the system reserve?

[peter234]

Is it possible to delete my system reserve which is on 100mb? it's preventing me from changing my hdd from MBR to GPT

If so how? :/
(Trying to convert my HDD to GPT without data loss)

 

[BadAsAl]

It will cause your system to stop booting if you do delete it.
Not sure how you convert from MBR to GPT without a fresh install, there may be a way, I'll poke around.

 

[BadAsAl]

Ok, well if it is not your boot drive then it doesn't matter, I didn't look closely at the pic but it looks like the SSD is the boot drive.
Do you need to keep any data on disk 2?

 

[peter234]

Ok, well if it is not your boot drive then it doesn't matter, I didn't look closely at the pic but it looks like the SSD is the boot drive.
Do you need to keep any data on disk 2?

Yeah everything from my hdd basically, you can apparently convert from MBR to GPT via this program. And yes my ssd is my boot drive (where my windows is) Not sure why it decided to make a reserve on my hdd though. Won't i be able to boot if i delete it?

 

[engineer5261]

As long as your OS is on your SSD, Do whatever you want with your hdd, its possible the reserved partition is left over from a previous windows install.

 

[BadAsAl]

It may have done just that, that looks like the only reserve on your system, which is needed for Windows to boot. Was disk 2 ever the boot drive?

 

[peter234]

It may have done just that, that looks like the only reserve on your system, which is needed for Windows to boot. Was disk 2 ever the boot drive?

Yeah it was few months ago. how do i delete it exactly?

 

[USAFRet]

STOP

Before you 'delete' anything, test.
Power OFF
Disconnect all drives except your C drive, the 2TB Disk 2.
Power up.

Does it boot properly?

 

[USAFRet]

It may have done just that, that looks like the only reserve on your system, which is needed for Windows to boot. Was disk 2 ever the boot drive?

Yeah it was few months ago. how do i delete it exactly?

From what I see, that drive is still the boot drive.

 

[peter234]

STOP

Before you 'delete' anything, test.
Power OFF
Disconnect all drives except your C drive, the 2TB Disk 2.
Power up.

Does it boot properly?

You sir, just saved me a lot of trouble. It does not boot when i disconnect the HDD ;(. Whats the next step? And thanks for telling

 

[BadAsAl]

So my guess is you had disk 2 as the boot drive originally, then "cloned" it to the SSD.

USAFRet - is it possible for it to boot using the system reserve on disk 2 but then actually run the Windows partition on Disk 1?

 

[peter234]

So my guess is you had disk 2 as the boot drive originally, then "cloned" it to the SSD.

USAFRet - is it possible for it to boot using the system reserve on disk 2 but then actually run the Windows partition on Disk 1?

I can't really remember, but i installed my windows while my hdd was connected so that might be a reason why.

 

[mjslakeridge]

That is why you always should only install Windows with only the primary (boot) drive connected.

 

[peter234]

That is why you always should only install Windows with only the primary (boot) drive connected.

Yeah you're right, but i was impatient :/.

 

[USAFRet]

So you have 2 drives in this system.
2TB HDD and 250GB SSD>

It looks to me like the OS is on the 2TB HDD.
Correct?

If you think it is on the SSD...what steps did you take to get the OS on that?

 

[peter234]

So you have 2 drives in this system.
2TB HDD and 250GB SSD>

It looks to me like the OS is on the 2TB HDD.
Correct?

If you think it is on the SSD...what steps did you take to get the OS on that?

The OS is on the SSD, junk files and programs are on the HDD. Back when i got my ssd i plugged it in and installed windows on it without really thinking about the HDD.
(then afterwards deleted the HDD OS lol)

 

[mjslakeridge]

Do you have another drive you could save all of your data (not programs) to? Unless someone else has a suggestion, I think your best bet is to start from scratch, install Windows on your SSD, then any other programs you use, then format the HDD and copy your data back to the HDD.

 

[peter234]

Do you have another drive you could save all of your data (not programs) to? Unless someone else has a suggestion, I think your best bet is to start from scratch, install Windows on your SSD, then any other programs you use, then format the HDD and copy your data back to the HDD.

Hmm figured as much,if there isn't any other suggestions then thank everyone for checking on my thread

 

[mjslakeridge]

So you have 2 drives in this system.
2TB HDD and 250GB SSD>

It looks to me like the OS is on the 2TB HDD.
Correct?

If you think it is on the SSD...what steps did you take to get the OS on that?

The OS is on the SSD, junk files and programs are on the HDD. Back when i got my ssd i plugged it in and installed windows on it without really thinking about the HDD.
(then afterwards deleted the HDD OS lol)

It is not that easy to delete an OS from a drive. Bits and pieces reside in many different places.

 

[USAFRet]

So you have 2 drives in this system.
2TB HDD and 250GB SSD>

It looks to me like the OS is on the 2TB HDD.
Correct?

If you think it is on the SSD...what steps did you take to get the OS on that?

The OS is on the SSD, junk files and programs are on the HDD. Back when i got my ssd i plugged it in and installed windows on it without really thinking about the HDD.
(then afterwards deleted the HDD OS lol)

Well...due to the state of all that, I would start over completely.

Currently, your SSD (the OS drive) is the G, and the System Reserved is on the HDD (C).

If it were me, I'd redo the whole thing.

SSD = OS...C drive
HDD = D, GPT partition.

Install the OS on the SSD with only the SSD connected.

 

[peter234]

Thanks a lot

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks a lot

And when you reinstall on the SSD, delete ALL existing partitions on it. Don't let it attempt to overwrite what is there.
Delete and start from a blank slate.

 

[BadAsAl]

USAFRet gives good advice as always! If you are okay with starting fresh on the SSD then definitely recommend that method.

I literally just went through getting a drive with a missing System Reserved partition to boot. Basically I copied a System Reserved partition from another working Windows 10 Home drive to the non-booting drive. It was a bit involved and I had to use a bootable USB drive running Windows 10 to do it, but it worked.

Happy to share details but it is much easier to just start over if that is an option for you.