Windows 10: A Couple Questions About Partitions

Discus and support A Couple Questions About Partitions in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Here's an easy way to do it: Boot to Kyhi's recovery media. Make a Macrium image of your SSD (Disk 0 which is your OS - "C" ) to your D data drive.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by JKarch, May 28, 2016.

  1. simrick Win User

    A Couple Questions About Partitions


    Thanks Kyhi - I guess I was assuming he had Macrium installed already! *Wink
     
    simrick, May 28, 2016
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  2. Kyhi Win User

    LOL.. I had a long response I was typing when yours popped up...

    I liked your response better.... Easier...
     
  3. simrick Win User
    Cheers! *Thumbs
     
    simrick, May 28, 2016
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  4. Kyhi Win User

    A Couple Questions About Partitions

    I always seem to forget how Helpful and Useful that Bootable PE Rescue Disk is..
     
  5. simrick Win User
    Yes, well I can see why! *Roflmao2
     
    simrick, May 28, 2016
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  6. JKarch Win User
    Alright, I'll definitely be doing this. But the partitions on the HDD would still exist, correct? Will that cause any confusion to the system?
     
    JKarch, May 29, 2016
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  7. Kyhi Win User
    once you get the SSD squared away - we can address the no longer needed partitions on the HDD
     
  8. JKarch Win User

    A Couple Questions About Partitions

    Hello, it's been a couple days. So I decided to get back at the effort of resolving this, but I'm so confused on how to perform the steps you have listed above even though the list looks pretty simple and self-explanatory. Is it possible to go a little bit more in depth and explain it like you're talking to someone who has no experience doing something like this? That would be greatly appreciated.
     
    JKarch, Jun 3, 2016
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  9. simrick Win User
    Hi. Yes, sure, no problem.

    So, what we need to do is properly install W10 onto your SSD, so that Windows ONLY needs the SSD to boot, and get rid of all unnecessary partitions.

    So, step #1: go to Kyhi's recovery media thread and download the 64-bit W10586PESEx64 ISO.
    Decide how you are going to use it - will you boot your system to a disk, or boot to USB flash drive? Either burn the ISO to a DVD, or right-click it, select MOUNT and then copy all the files to a flash drive.

    Step #2: Download and install Grab an ISO of Windows 10 from MS. Create a DVD or Flash drive which you will eventually use to clean install Windows 10. Then shut your computer down.

    Step #3: Disconnect your Data drive, leaving only your SSD connected.

    Step #4: Boot into the Windows 10 media you made from MS and clean install Windows 10, keeping nothing - no files, no programs. Using the custom install selection, you can nuke all partitions before the install. This will create the necessary partitions cleanly. The drive needs to be "un-allocated" when you begin the clean install of W10.

    From the tutorial in our forum:
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    Step #5: Shut down after W10 is clean installed.

    Step #6: Re-connect your data disk.

    Step #7 Boot the computer into Kyhi's recovery media

    Step #8: Open Macrium Reflect (on the recovery media), in the restore tab, navigate to your C partition image on the data drive, and drag it over to the C partition on the SSD. Perform the recovery and your OS will be as it was, with all partitions cleanly in place as they should be.

    Your system will then boot from the SSD only and all unnecessary partitions will be gone. Does that make sense? *Smile


    EDIT: If you need screenshots to help visualize things, just let us know.
     
    simrick, Jun 3, 2016
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  10. JKarch Win User
    If I'd just prefer to just cleanly wipe the SSD (because I've backed up all my data before) can I skip the the first couple of steps that go through creating an image duplicate? And then just clean install windows 10 onto the SSD drive?

    Also thanks for the extremely detailed guide, I needed it LOL
     
    JKarch, Jun 6, 2016
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  11. Berton Win User
    Yes. As a number of posts here show it is best to disconnect any other drives first so you don't get the installation on the wrong one, where accidentally or through missed prompts which can be a nightmare to correct.
     
    Berton, Jun 6, 2016
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  12. simrick Win User
    You're welcome.
    Yes, skip the image and clean install to an unallocated disk, with no other disks attached,
     
    simrick, Apr 5, 2018
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