System reserved Asus P5QL SE

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January 31, 2017 at 10:02 pm #3104
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System reserved Asus P5QL SE

Asus P5QL SE Win 10

Every Windows Install these days has a system reserved drive in This PC

It’s usually hidden by default, but mine is showing (Windows 10)

It’s of no use, if I remove it (in Disk Management) as not to show in This PC,

Will I have any problems.

While I am on about the Asus P5QL SE

Since installing Windows 10 on this, when shutting down I have Shutdown / Restart
but no Sleep. Not that I use sleep, it’s just strange that it’s missing.
January 31, 2017 at 10:19 pm #3108
The Duke
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If you don’t like it showing John, just hide it from with the properties menu. I think that can be done. I wouldn’t delete it.

Or put a bit of duck tape over the position where it appears. Problem solved ?
January 31, 2017 at 10:23 pm #3109
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John.

Don’t delete it ! It contains (amongst other things) the Boot Manager and Boot Configuration Data.

When your PC boots, the Windows Boot Manager starts up and reads the boot data from the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) Store.

The PC boots the boot loader off the System Reserved partition, and it then boots Windows from your system drive.

Never trust an atom - they make up everything !
January 31, 2017 at 10:24 pm #3110
Dave Rice
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Don’t delete the partition (it has to do with the boot process), I don’t think you’ll be able to anyway, but by all means hide it.

Sleep depends on certain functions being available in the BIOS, it may be that the PQ5L SE is now too old.
February 1, 2017 at 8:41 am #3138
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Thanks I won’t delete it then.

I looked in properties and can’t find Hide nor in Computer management. If I try to change drive letter it throws a wobbly and may not work.

I will have to get used to it.

Thanks Dave

Maybe it’s too old for Windows 10, in Windows 7 on the same rig I have Switch User / Log Off – Lock – Restart – Hibernate.

Perhaps if something could be done in the bios it may wreck 7.

Like sys reserved I will have to accept it.
February 1, 2017 at 3:10 pm #3157
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If you REALLY don’t like the system partition for some reason you can reinstall windows 10 onto an empty partition on a pre partitioned disk instead of letting the installer handle the partitioning for you. In this case no system partition will be created and the installer will put all the boot files in the windows partition. Is it worth it? Probly not.
February 1, 2017 at 4:29 pm #3164
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Deleting the restore partition makes things much harder if all goes belly up. On the subject of systems going belly up, look up how to activate system restore – it has saved my bacon a number of times when something (normally a Windows update) has corrupted a registry.

For some reason this facility is difficult to access and normally turned off by M$ – the main reason I think being it allows a measure of facility to undo M$ updates. However, certain updates (the carp Anniversary update for example) zap this facility and your restore points. As a result you need to diary to take a look at it from time to time to ensure it is still functioning AOK.
February 1, 2017 at 7:40 pm #3180
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Maybe not worth it Graham, I would get lost.

Ed I don’t like sys res, it’s not dependable. Many times I went to restore and it failed, not tried it in Windows 10 though not enough faith in it.
February 1, 2017 at 7:45 pm #3181
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I am in your boat re sys restore, I gave up on it I’m the xp days. But by all accounts it’s works perfectly with 8 and 10. I don’t know if mine is even enabled, and I didn’t make any clones of my 10 machines, so I’m in the a night of pain when the time arrives.

When I next do a fresh install, I will activate sys restore, and figure out how to clone 10. when I went to 10 there was no common way to clone it, but I think that is now sorted.

I like cloning, but will try sys restore before going nuclear.
February 2, 2017 at 7:38 am #3189
Ed P
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System Restore is disabled by M$ as the default case. It just needs turning on. Although I agree that it is not 100% reliable thanks to M$ updates, it does give a handy low cost fall back case and saves a full backup restore.
February 2, 2017 at 7:52 am #3192
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I use True Image WD Free 2003 to backup and it has clone I have used in the past. I also use Mini Tool Partition Wizard Free Edition for cloning.
February 2, 2017 at 7:58 am #3193
Ed P
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The old True Image is OK, but I have found modern versions unreliable and slow especially if you use incremental backup (It goes belly up if early versions in the chain are missing even if there are intervening full backups – carp product from that standpoint). I’m seriously thinking of moving away from True Image to an alternative.
February 2, 2017 at 8:08 am #3195
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I did upgrade True Image, as you say newer versions seemed to struggle, I have been very happy with 2003 on XP 7 & 10.

WD HDDs needed.
February 2, 2017 at 10:45 am #3200
The Duke
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I used a really old version of Clonezilla from about 03, and never upgraded and it never failed me. I read it didn’t support 8, which ever bothered me as I never went 8, but I didn’t bother to find a 10 solution before I installed it.

I’ll find a solution when the time next arises.
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