Help: Windows couldn't update the system reserved partitiojn

[alex23729]

I've been trying to upgrade to win10 but I guess there isn't enough space in the system reserved partition. I somewhat recently installed my new ssd and it automatically made the partition 30 MB. Do i have to add more space? Is that possible? I just want win10 before I have to pay for it....

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

System Reserved volume needs at least 100 MB drive space.

 

[alex23729]

Right, but i can't find a way to change add space to that drive. I unallocated 1GB from C: but when I go to extend drive in Ysystem reserved partition) its greyed out.

 

[azaran]

A simple google search for "Windows 10 update failed reserved partition" answers it in the first result
https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+10+update+failed+reserved+partition&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

[basroil]

The system reserved partition is usually 100-300mb. You'll have to reformat the disk to fix that though, using the Media Creation Tool from the microsoft website for Windows 8

 

[alex23729]

A simple google search for "Windows 10 update failed reserved partition" answers it in the first result
https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+10+update+failed+reserved+partition&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Thanks. I've followed the steps but im stuck at the part where you go into the boot folder to delete languages, its asking me to choose a program to open the file with and i dont know how to access it

 

[alex23729]

The system reserved partition is usually 100-300mb. You'll have to reformat the disk to fix that though, using the Media Creation Tool from the microsoft website for Windows 8

God anything but that, seems like such a *****. ....if I must...

 

[basroil]

God anything but that, seems like such a *****. ....if I must...

You must. At least if you want Windows 10 to run properly. By having a 30mb partition you're well under the minimum requirement, and though you can try to extend an earlier (in block numbers) partition, it requires you to move every block of information that came after it. It'll actually be faster and safer to just reformat. Adding a partition after the Windows partition might work in some circumstances, but definitely not all.

See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn898504%28v=vs.85%29.aspx and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn898510%28v=vs.85%29.aspx for proper partition setups.

 

[azaran]

The system reserved partition is usually 100-300mb. You'll have to reformat the disk to fix that though, using the Media Creation Tool from the microsoft website for Windows 8

You shouldn't be opening any file at that point. You're going in to a folder and deleting files, not opening them.

 

[alex23729]

I've been putting it off but i got a bsod memory dump today. Thank you

 

[azaran]

You don't need to do a clean install. This is a very common problem with the update path. Yes a clean install is always preferred because there's no legacy crap left over, but Win10 will work just fine going through the fix for this.

 

[azaran]

I've been putting it off but i got a bsod memory dump today. Thank you

Did you catch the BSOD code? If you're running in to hardware errors that'll cause other headaches along with the install.

 

[basroil]

You don't need to do a clean install. This is a very common problem with the update path. Yes a clean install is always preferred because there's no legacy crap left over, but Win10 will work just fine going through the fix for this.

Except that he has a 30MB partition rather than a partition with only 30MB remaining (which is what your link is for). Sure it's probably possible to run everything with a partition that small, but doing so will disable some functionality (like BitLocker)


And azaran is right about the BSOD. You need to make sure it's not a hardware issue or else there's going to be trouble.

 

[pjmartin]

You can make the Windows Partition bootable and then delete the System Reserved Partition so that this problem doesn't resurface. It involves a bcdboot command in command prompt(administrator) and then making the windows partition active in disk management. I don't remember the exact syntax of the command but if you google "delete system reserved partition" you should find it. There are a few complicated solutions that I couldn't get to work but this one did. You end up with a windows partition and the reserved partition (100 or 300mb) as unallocated space