Windows 10: How can i put my System Partition on a different Drive?

Discus and support How can i put my System Partition on a different Drive? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; [ATTACH] Hi Guys, i hope someone of u can help me with my problem. i have an M.2 SSD which is my C: Volume, and a 1 TB HDD for Datastorage... i... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/SQ_modified, Dec 17, 2020.

  1. How can i put my System Partition on a different Drive?


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    Hi Guys,

    i hope someone of u can help me with my problem.

    i have an M.2 SSD which is my C: Volume, and a 1 TB HDD for Datastorage... i wanted to swap my 1TB HDD for a 4 TB HDD now. But thats when i realised that i the System Partition is on my 1TB HDD and when i remove it my PC doesnt boot anymore :/ how can i put my System Partition over to the SSD where it belongs?

    Thanks in advance

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    :)
     
    /u/SQ_modified, Dec 17, 2020
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  2. W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Dec 17, 2020
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  3. phueal Win User
    Move System Restore Partition to different drive

    In case it's helpful to anyone in future, I did resolve this, with a lot more effort than I had hoped to spend! The basic process was:

    • Decrypt C: drive;
    • Shrink C: partition by 500mb at beginning of drive;
    • Copy System Restore Partition into unallocated space (I used MiniTool Partition Wizard for this). Mark it as active;
    • Use EasyBCD to ensure it is set up to boot into the OS, and restart to test;
    • Delete System Restore Partition on HDD, and expand the remaining partition to fill the unallocated space;
    • Run Windows 10 installer from within Windows, 'upgrading' the OS, but keeping programs and files - this will repair the manually created System Restore Partition properly;
    • Re-encrypt with Bitlocker.
    Hope it's helpful! Long and the short of it is: try and think of these things before you start...
     
    phueal, Dec 17, 2020
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  4. Dia01 Win User

    How can i put my System Partition on a different Drive?

    Partition or multiple hard drives?

    As the title suggests. Is it worth installing say a 36GB drive for the OS soley or partitioning an existing larger drive with either 2 or more partitions? I am currently running Vista 32bit and want to try out 64bit and am sick of reformatting the whole drive. Any suggestions?
     
    Dia01, Dec 17, 2020
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