Windows 10: Windows 10 Update can't update system reserved partition

Hi:

I looked for this issue in the forum, but didn't see anything; sorry if it's here and I missed it.

I'm trying to update from 8.1 64-bit to 10 on my i7 24GB Toshiba laptop. I keep getting the message "Windows 10 couldn't be installed. We couldn't update the system reserved partition."

The very first try "failed" with an error Code C1900200. After that, every installation attempt shows "canceled" w/ an error Code 8024000B.





Note: "DISK 1" is my primary (boot) disk; "DISK 0" is my data disk. Both disks are 256Gb SSD drives. Other info is in my System Specs.

I do not see a "reserved partition" on Disk 1; could this be the problem? I'd rather not do a clean install, in order to keep existing programs/settings etc., but will do so if necessary.

Thanks,
Don

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Can't update windows 10 -

I can't update windows 10 to version 1607. i receive the error message: "we couln't update system reserved partition", which happens, as I understand, whan system reserved partition in too small.

Unfortunately, as many programs and tools show, I have no system reserved partition in my computer, so I can't expand it

 

Updating Windows 10

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• Error: We couldn’t update the system reserved partition [Wiki]
  
  Error: We couldn’t update the system reserved partition
  
• Fix "We Couldn’t Update the System Reserved Partition" Error:
  
  Fix "We Couldn’t Update the System Reserved Partition" Error
  
• Fix: Windows 10 upgrade couldn’t update the system reserved partition
  
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Install MiniTool Partition Wizard. Shrink your C: drive partition by 350mb and add that 350mb to the 100 mb System Partition.
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Following Bare Foot Boy's instructions on this Forum, I created a 450MB System Reserved partition on Disk 1 and re-booted.





However, still same message and error Code 8024000B.

 

That's because the system reserved partition that you created isn't the active boot partition the computer is using to boot with. The initial 100mb system reserved partition is. Delete the new one you created, move the C:\ Drive partition over so it has 350mb free space in front of it, then add that 350mb to the initial 100mb system partition you already had.

Solved Windows 10 couldn't update system reserved partition - Windows 10 Forums

 

This looks like a GPT initialized disk and UEFI firmware.

See Sample: Configure UEFI/GPT-Based Hard Drive Partitions by Using Windows PE and DiskPart for the default and recommended disk schema.

Your setup doesn't seem to have a Microsoft Reserved partition (different from System Reserved) - it has it's own type of MSR. This is a hidden part, so it might only be visible in Diskpart.

To cut down on any confusion, I would physically swap the drives so that
Disk 1 becomes Disk 0 and
Disk 0 becomes Disk 1.

It's just a matter of of pulling the connectors and reconnecting them to the other port.
After you have removed the bogus System REserve partition you created (as suggested by NavyLCDR) and swpped the drives,

Please post a new Disk Management screen shot:

Method One: Use Disk Management in the x-Menu (right click the Windows logo, select Disk Management)

Select View > Bottom > Disk list

Maximize the window and grab the screen shot.
Method Two: Use a custom MMC to present Disk Management with pertinent information

If you've already downloaded the custom MMC, go to Step 2 to launch it and then grab the screen shot.

Step 1: Download this zip file (contains dmDskmgr-vd.mmc)

dmDskmgr-vd.zip
Step 2: Double click dmDskmgr-vd.zip to open the compressed folder
Double click dmDskmgr-vd.mmc to launch the custom Disk Management console
You'll get an output similar to this:




Press Alt+PrtScn to grab a snapshot of just the Disk Management window
Open Paint and Ctrl+V to paste it, then save the image
Attach the image to a new post.

 

If he swaps the drives, he will also have to change the boot order in bios.

 

nah, a HD boot is a HD boot - it finds the first boot instruction, which should be on the EFI part (I think).

I could be wrong ,,, I don't have a UEFI system.

 

UEFI or Legacy bios doesn't matter. When there is more than 1 hard drive installed, you have to tell bios which hard drive to go to boot from unless the bios automatically searches beginning with drive 0 and moving on if it doesn't find boot files there.

 

That's the way I understand bootstrapping - use the first boot code found then boot to the OS per the BCD store

Or change the device boot order (HDD, Optical drive, or Flash drive) and look on that device for the boot code.

Fair enough, let me restate: I don't have a UEFI system ... and I don't have a system with more than one drive at this time *Wink

I'm basing this on MBR and active partitions (UEFI systems don't normally have the active flag set - some do, not sure why)
See: Boot Sector

Wiki: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So, as I said ... I could be wrong, even with the citation.

Rather than continue our discussion, I suggest that the drives be left alone in order to get on with trouble shooting the issue.

The reason I posted was to note that I didn't see a System Reserved partition (referencing the error msg in post# 1) and suggest that it might be an MSR. Then I thought more and realized that Disk Management might not present the MSR. The disk swaps was a best guess that the Thread Starter has the disks in the wrong order.

I enjoy a healthy discussion, but I think I'm only muddying the waters, so I'll bow out. I look in to see where this goes because I'm interested in threads with these types of issues.

Bill
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I used MiniTool Resize/Move function to create a 350MB partition in front of my c: drive (Disk 1). I must have done something wrong cause my laptop wouldn't boot, citing an NTFS error. I restored the disk w/ Acronis and am back to original windows 8.1 setup.

If I use MiniTool "create" function, the newly created 350MB partition is on the "back" (not front) of Disk 1 and can't be added to the existing 100MB. I will take the time to read the MiniTool manual and let you know how it goes.

The Disk 0 - Disk 1 mix-up has always bugged me just on principal, so I may go ahead and switch locations, even though it may not be an issue.

Thanks for everyone's help; I appreciate it.
Don

 

Your Windows was installed using GPT type and there's no such thing as Active/Inactive with UEFI. With UEFI the boot order is controlled by the "Windows Boot Manager" not by the order of the drives. However, the order of the drives will help booting a little faster when the boot drive is set first.
As a good practice, I would take slartybart's advice and swap the drive.

 

You shouldn't be creating any new partitions with Partition Wizard.

So, if you want to swap the hard drives, I would do it now and get that working with the Windows 8.1. Once you have that working, you will use Partition Wizard to shrink the existing C: drive system partition by 350mb and putting that 350mb empty space at the beginning of C: drive system partition so it gets between the 100mb system reserved partition and C: drive partition. Then you will expand the 100mb system reserved partition so it consumes the 350mb empty space, making it a 450mb partition. Then try upgrading to Windows 10.

There is an alternative. You can delete the system reserved partition altogether and use a Macrium Relfect Free Rescue Disk to fix the Windows boot files by creating them on the C: drive partition - if you are really adventurous.

 

@OP,
If you open the Admin Command Prompt and run:

• diskpart
• select disk 0 if you've already swap the disk, else select disk 1
• list partition

You'll will find that you have:
1GB Recovery partition
100MB EFI System (FAT32 format)
128MB MSR partition unformatted and currently not used
Your C Drive
10.93 GB Factory Recovery partition.

The 100MB EFI System is in FAT32 format and contains: BCD, EFI Boot code and language files and take only ~25MB. There is no reason to increase this partition to 450MB.

What you should increase is the 1GB Recovery partition to say 2GB to be safe. This partition on a normal fresh Windows installation is 450MB. Your Windows 8 was reconfigured by the manufacturer to include extra code and also the recovery agent to point to the 10.93GB partition in case you need recover Windows back to factory. This partition might be full so Windows upgrade cannot create any backup needed to proceed.

With that said, I suggest:

• Make a full backup of your current Windows in case things go wrong so you can restore it.
• Open disk management, right click on C and shrink by entering 1024 (1GB)
• Use AOMEI Partition Assistant – free disk partition manager software, helps you to resize partitions, merge partitions etc. to resize the recovery partition from 1GB to 2GB
• Reboot your PC
• Try to upgrade again

Here's the partition layout of Fresh install Windows RTM & Windows TP 10532 on 2 separate SSD's. Note that the MSR is only 16MB in Windows 10. 128MB in Windows 8