Win 7 in ONE partition only?

[Roxit]

Whatever I did, Win 7 is shown on a ssd in one partition whereas it should be split (2 partitions) as normal install occurrence. Can this be corrected without uninstall/reinstall?? Thanks.

 

[Morbus]

Yes, it can be corrected. You need to create a new partition on the SSD. There's software for that.

Bear in mind that partitioning a SSD is not necessary. The only advantage is organization, no performance is gained (or lost).

 

[uallas5]

By "normal install", do you mean the 2nd, system partition? If so, it's probably there. It is hidden but can be seen in disk management.

 

[Roxit]

Thanks, another query. Win 7 w/SP1 is installed, but my Win 7 disk does not have SP1. Now, I cannot load Win 7 without SP1 on my Crucial M500 as not acceptable, but, if I was to run Win 7 disk (without SP1) and not format, would I get back to original format of two partitions?

 

[denis280]

go to start/right click computer/manage/disk manage/do you have it there

 

[JackMDS]

What is the size of your undesired partition?


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[Charlie98]

My W7/SSD install did the same thing. I'm kind of wondering if W7 recognized the SSD and decided the separate partition wasn't needed.

Edit: But my W7/SSD install on my HTPC did install an EFI System Partition, but it's an older SSD...?

 

[denis280]

Whatever I did, Win 7 is shown on a ssd in one partition whereas it should be split (2 partitions)

you must be talking about the 100mb system reserved. did you install the OS on ssd with a hdd plugged in.

 

[Gunbuster]

Lets clear things up. Why do you think the way Windows 7 formatted and installed is wrong?

Are you talking about system partitions like OEM restore and the BIOS EFI, or do you want a separate C, D, Etc. drives to store data on?