System Reserved (H:)
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It should only have been added during some type of upgrade operation. It does not normally have a drive letter but it should not be a problem. Are you sure it wasn't there before?
Try opening Disk Management by right clicking the start button and select it. Use the snipping tool to take a picture of the disk layout and attach the picture.
Try opening Disk Management by right clicking the start button and select it. Use the snipping tool to take a picture of the disk layout and attach the picture.
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When I start my computer 2 weeks ago I found the new System Reserved (Hwas added to local disks, is it harmful?
System reserved is typically where the OEM (PC brand) puts the files to make system restore media. It's the OS that was on the PC when you bought it.
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The "System Reserved" partition is produced by a default install of Windows
Typically between 100 and 450 megabytes in size depending on which OS you're installing.
Even on a new or otherwise clean drive, if you do nothing in advance to format the drive the default install to unallocated space will automatically produce and System Reserved partition.
Normally it will not be assigned a drive letter as Saltgrass has already said
Probably to prevent curious users from using File Explorer to muck about with its' contents.
SOURCE: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg441289.aspx
Typically between 100 and 450 megabytes in size depending on which OS you're installing.
Even on a new or otherwise clean drive, if you do nothing in advance to format the drive the default install to unallocated space will automatically produce and System Reserved partition.
Normally it will not be assigned a drive letter as Saltgrass has already said
Probably to prevent curious users from using File Explorer to muck about with its' contents.
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The partition is as described and contains the boot files for a Legacy installed system. It was probably created when Windows 7 was first installed since it is only 100 MBs. It is the Boot partition since it is Active, so don't mess with it other than possibly removing the drive letter.
The 450 MB partition was probably created during an upgrade and contains the current recovery tools.
The 450 MB partition was probably created during an upgrade and contains the current recovery tools.