Windows 10: Couldn't upgrade windows 7x64 Pro beacuse of small reserved partition.

I had a similar problem, the boot partition was damaged, couldn't be repaired, even with Macrium, and inside windows I could not do any thing, however when I when for the re-install as a clean install, when asked where all my drives appeared, and I was able to delete the offending partition, the reserve partitions, (I had two reserve and a UEFI) and the system partition, these became a single unallocated partition which I then installed W10 on (via USB) without issue

 

You did not answer my question. Yes, a clean install of Windows 10 would set up the drive partitions properly. However, since this is a computer with Windows 7 only on it before, the Windows 10 would likely not activate by itself.

 

When I put W10 on a clean drive (first time around) when I got to the key screen I followed the instructions and skipped the screen, W10 then installed, and self activated using my windows passport login.
There are lots of threads on this forum about installing W10 and how to do it.

 

Hi All,
After some time I did a workaround on one computer. I used Recovery CD to install Win7 once again and then upgrade to Win10. That solution works. But i wanted to save all data and profiles so i tried with 3 party solutions. I read once again NavyLCDR post and i try with minitool and it start to work. I don't know how because i tried it before! I will confirm it on third laptop!