hidden partition

I did a fresh install of Windows 10 on a new Samsung SSD drive several months ago. I have a second drive in my system which is my data drive. I've had no issues for several months. Yesterday I decided to replace my secondary drive with a bigger drive. When I powered up my computer I get a...

I have been running Windows 10 on a desktop I built using a 120GB SSD. PC running great but needed more space. Had an extra HDD (750GB) from a Toshiba laptop. Wiped, formatted, bought W10 key, and installed as secondary drive. To be clear I know have one PC tower with 2 drives that each have...

windows 7 error by Ognjen posted Feb 8, 2016 at 8:48 PM My problem is that i have installed Windows xp on my second hdd(that im not using now),and i alredy haved windows 7 installed on my first hdd witch i use now(i connected my second hdd to my pc,installed xp and disconnected it).I cannot...

The laptop is an Asus R500A with Windows 8 (not 8.1) that I just purchased from a guy on Kijiji. I got the thing home and did the recovery on it, all went as it should have and I was able to boot straight to the desktop where I went about performing the usual new Windows OS tasks; updates and...

My Acer-V5 laptop has a hidden partition with Windows 8 on it. I ran Jelly-Bean Finder and got my 25 digit serial number. Could I get/download a copy of Windows 8, use MY serial number, and wipe the whole drive? Then install Windows 8, without any hidden partition? I want to do all this...

Hi. I don't see any hidden partitions neither in "Disk Manager" nor in "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition". It turns Windows 7 may don't create a hidden partiton? And use for BOOT, bootmgr and System Volume Information the same partition as for Windows dir? And what does it depend: create...

Hi All, After installing 7 32bit over Vista, 250GB HDD, 7 does now not recognise,patition3 which was "ACERDATA-D" 107GB + "ACER-C" O/S 111GB. Windows tools allow me to do nothing,however i have found a program that can find and mount "non visible Partitions" I have tried formating this...

On my computer I have 3 primary partitions: 1. "System reserve" which contains e.g.the Bootmamanger and MBR 2. First Win 7 installation ("main") 3. Second Win 7 installation ("reserve") When I boot now at first the Bootmanager on the first primary partition is called/started which in...

Hello! i am trying to boot the Win 7 with ghost image made on identical computer. When i was making the image, i have seen that there is hidden (2GB if i remember well) system partition, so i made recovery point of that hidden partition (i didnt know for what it is) and C. I am not backing up...

HI, I have bought a Lenovo Y550 IdeaPad with Windows 7 64 bit home premium preinstalled. While creating recovery disc, it fails with error saying "Cannot find service partition". I can also see the service partition, when actually it should be hidden. Is this a laptop issue or Windows 7 issue...

Hey everybody. So the full error code in blue screen after booting (after win7 loading logo) is: Had the autocheck bad boy as well: Eliminated it via registry. So, pretty much only 0xc000003a is left. Also, autocheck as I understand is just an indicator of a problem rather than a cause...

I was going to install Win7 Premium on an Acer T180 desktop.My 140 gb hdd is partitioned C and D of 70 gbs each.I was going to install Win7 on the D drive but I was afraid it might mess up my E recovery hidden partition.Does this sound like a good plan?I wish I had a way I could burn off my...

I want to install a product named Shadowprotect Desktop (backup software) from Storagecraft. When I do it requires a reboot. When I reboot, I get the message: “Autochk Program not found – skipping Autocheckâ€Â￾. the computer then recycles endlessly. The recovery does not work...

windows 7 keeps restarting when there is a hidden primary NTFS formatted partition I assume it tries to install it's bootmanager there but is then unable to finish the installation why is it that windows 7 can detect a hidden partition during installation and then decides to use it anyway even...

As an alert to people who may want to install Beta 2 on Dell laptops or computers with a emergency restore partition: Dell laptops have a hidden partition on the hard drive to restore the original operating system that came with the computer. To activate the emergency restore, you hit CTRL-F11...