boot partition

Hey there, When i first installed Windows 7 I had 3 RAIDs and I chose to install it on dev2. In that process win7 wrote the system / boot partition on dev0 and killed the header to that encrypted partition (even thought I did not select that device during the installation process). While I...

If you have visited my web page or read my blogs and messages, you'll probably know that I stongly discourage using partitions on a hard drive... mainly because if the partition table gets corrupt you lose EVERYTHING. However, check out this: Why it may be a GOOD idea to partition a drive...

windows 7 is installed on a hp7700 machine...and works fine, but if i try RESTART it wont boot??? If i use shut down it goes down and stays off as it should, and if i power it on again it boots up and everything works. The only problem is when i try to restart...it goes down but somehow loses...

I have a problem. On my hard disk I have 2 OS's intstalled, Vista and Win 7. The win 7 partition is a 50GB logical drive. Vista is a primary partition. I want to get rid of the vista partition and extend win 7 to that now available space. Problem is, only Vista is marked as 'System' and i'm...

What is W7 using the 100 mb system disk for? is it for recovery files? I know w7 can now make an actual restore image can you use this partition for that? just wondering

Hello, I want to setup a Raid 1 mirror from one drive to another using Windows software raid. I know in XP you could not do this on the boot partition (C drive). Is it possible to do this in Windows 7? Thanks

Something happened.... I don't know what, but have one partition and 2 drive (un-partitioned) that I can't read. This seems like an easy fix IF I can find a program to do it. The drive appears to be intact. Paragon partition manager show correct info about drives. I can even BOOT to windows 7...

Is there a limit to the size of a boot partition for Windows? Seems like Win 7 will only install on partitions smaller than about 2TB. If this is the case, what is the best way to make sure all the user directories and public folders are installed to a different drive rather than the boot...

So far things are great. I am really loving this OS and figured out a few tricks and tweaks, but one thing is bothering the hell out of me. When I need to restart, if I take out the DVD, I get an error of no boot disk. I put the DVD in, ignore loading from the DVD, it works fine. I checked...