Windows 10: System Reserved on drive other than C.

Discus and support System Reserved on drive other than C. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi all, Just installed windows from a usb on to a computer I just built and was just about to stripe two drives together, however one of the drives... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by ChrisBot1, Jul 24, 2019.

  1. ChrisBot1 Win User

    System Reserved on drive other than C.


    Hi all,


    Just installed windows from a usb on to a computer I just built and was just about to stripe two drives together, however one of the drives has a System Reserved partition so I cannot do this.


    Why did the partition go to that drive and not my C drive?

    Can I move the partition to another drive?


    If not I dont mind re-installing windows if that is the way to fix it, but how do i stop it happening again? do i remove all other drives apart from my primary drive?


    Thanks for your time.

    :)
     
    ChrisBot1, Jul 24, 2019
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  2. System Reserved on C: Drive 500MB

    I did a clean install of Windows 10 and it is activated. At first I don't recall seeing this reserved space, and I thin it occurred after I created a restore point. Anyway, I deleted the restore point and still have the System Reserved 500 MB, Free Space
    176 MB. This is all on Drive C which is my main drive where Windows 10 is installed.

    Why is it there and could I delete it?
     
    Mel Cavicchi, Jul 24, 2019
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  3. poolmon Win User
    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 24, 2019
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  4. Remon Ont Win User

    System Reserved on drive other than C.

    System & Reserved almost full?

    Thank you for the information and posting back.

    High System & Reserved memory usage could be due to the following:

    • High Windows.old file(s) size
    • Large cache of trace files size
    • Windows 10 system file issues

    We would like to know some information to better isolate the issue:

    • Do you have a C:\windows.old folder on your C: drive?
    • Which Windows version and build are you using? Type winver on search box and press
      Enter.
    • What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
    • Can you post a screenshot of what is inside the System & reserved storage? Double-click System & reserved. See picture below for reference.

    System Reserved on drive other than C. 3b68d058-4ea9-4b39-874f-7885d566e601.png


    We will wait for your response.
     
    Remon Ont, Jul 24, 2019
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