Windows 10: Stuck on moving my system reserved partition

Discus and support Stuck on moving my system reserved partition in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; My PC is still on windows 10 so i wanted to upgrade to windows 11 to get all the newer functions.But i cant upgrade my pc because my drives are not... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Hein van den Brink, Jul 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM.

  1. HEIN VAN DEN BRINK
    Hein van den Brink Win User

    Stuck on moving my system reserved partition


    My PC is still on windows 10 so i wanted to upgrade to windows 11 to get all the newer functions.But i cant upgrade my pc because my drives are not UEFI. When i wanted to convert them i got dragged into a big hole of why that wouldn't work.The point is a few years ago when i upgraded the storage in my pc with an M.2 drive i moved the OS from my original SSD to my M.2.What didn't move with the OS was the reserved partition on my SSD. So now when i want to boot my system i can only boot to the SSD, and not to the M.2.So the SSD has the system reserved partition which is needed to boot my system

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    Hein van den Brink, Jul 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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  2. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR Win User

    Need to move/fix location of System Reserved partition


    Lothar,

    You will do multiple steps with Partition Wizard Free:

    1. Shrink C: drive partition by 100 gb with the 100gb free at the end of it.
    2. "Resize/move" system reserved partition by removing all the free space in front of it (which should be 100gb after step 1), add the same free space to the end of it.
    3. Expand the F: drive partition into the 100gb free space which should now be at the front of it after step 2.
     
    NavyLCDR, Jul 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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  3. ANTHONY GAL
    Anthony Gal Win User
    Anthony Gal, Jul 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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  4. POOLMON
    poolmon Win User

    Stuck on moving my system reserved partition

    Recovery Partition vs System Reserved Partition

    Thanks for all the info guys.

    Both original & target SSD's are listed as MBR as opposed to UEFI. I may have created a partition unknowingly in getting the original/new unformatted drive recognized, but I don't recall taking any steps that Windows did not step me through.

    Not that an upgrade to WIN 10 Pro is contemplated, but I suspect that having no System Reserved partition will not allow that to happen, after seeing how the original WIN 10 upgrade created a problem for some WIN 7 users that had a smaller 100mb vs 500mb System Reserved partition.
     
    poolmon, Jul 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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