![]() ![]() Recovery Tools Partition - 500 MB advised size - Linux will see this as sda5ĭata Partitions - This is not a need but can be useful - Linux will see this as sda6 Windows Partitions - about 20 GB NTFS minimum but with updates that will jam up and you need at least 100 GB and hope the user does not have a large storage requirement - Linux will see this as sda4 Other Utility Partitions - such as a Dell 40 MB diagnostics one to work preboot - Linux will see this as sda3 MSR - Microsoft Reserved Partition - 16 MB size - no partition ID - Linux will see this as sda2 System - FAT32 - Minimum size 100 MB but can be much bigger and if an OS is small enough it can fit in and work from here - called ESP or EFI - Linux will see it as sda1 Primary GPT Header - small part of the hard drive reserved for holding partition information on GPT/UEFI systems ![]() MBR - protected - very small part of the hard drive reserved for holding the 4 partition information If you have set it up as a UEFI, then Windows will work with that and if as Legacy it will install as Legacy.Īfter you have it installed then use a guide such as Opens a new window and whole disk encryption is at the end. You could use that Factory image but it is so old now that I think it better to just download a Windows iso and install from that. Deleting partitions is not a good idea and I recommend that you do a reinstall to get a clean state. Anyhow, for your information, at the bottom of my post, I have listed the partitions and utilities that you could see on a UEFI hard drive. I think that you are using legacy boot and not UEFI and I thought that UEFI was the prefered method for PCs of that vintage. I am using Windows 8.1.įirst of all comments about the partitions. Has any suggestions I would be appreciative. Reserved and I got a warning that if I remove it might not be able toīoot into the recovery image. I can remove it from the install disk but it is marked as OEM ![]() My guess is because it's marked as an active recovery I don't have the option of removing the 450 mb partition in computer I think that thisĬomputer is too old for secure boot because I'm not finding it in the Have any data on this drive so I am not against a reinstall if necessaryīut I want to keep the recovery partition on it. I'll attach a screenshot from disk manager. So which one do I remove? One looks like it might be in use by the ![]() Is that why I can't use truecrypt or veracrypt? If The only thing I could definitively read to do Then I tried veracrypt and it just sat at loading. After that on reboot Truecrypt couldn'tīoot the OS at all and I had to use my install disk to fix the boot This was on a veracrypt forum and they said The only thing IĬould find (outside of making sure to select AES and turn off secureīoot) was that this was a known issue on HP machines and I have an HP Initially after the reboot it failed pretest (even though windowsīooted) and I had to revert. Repair after rebooting on Windows Installation disk.System with a fresh install of 8.1 with truecrypt but I am unable to. Choose "Command Prompt" option and when it opens, type the commands below and then restart your system:ĭelete the 100 MB System Reserved partition located at the beginning of your drive, set the system partition next to it as the active partition (both can be done using diskpart utility available in Windows Installation disk repair option). There two other known workarounds for this issue that require having a Windows Installation disk:īoot your machine using a Windows Installation disk and select to repair your computer. This extra boot partition (to work around a bug in the BIOS). If the BIOS/motherboard/computer manufacturer/vendor does not provide any updates that resolve the issue and you use Windows 7 or later and there is an extra boot partition (whose size is less than 1 GB) on the drive, you can try reinstalling Windows without Upgrade your BIOS (for information on how to do so, please refer to the documentation for your BIOS/motherboard or contact your computer vendor's technical support team for assistance). ![]()
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