07-13-2010 09:07 AM
I recently had to format my X-25M 160GB 34nm drive in Windows 7. I think I may have deleted one of the partitions which I think was called 'System Reserved.' If I go to the Windows Disk Management control panel it shows 148.95GB for the Intel SSD which I am running as my C drive. There is another partition showing as 101MB Unallocated. I wonder whether this should be formatted or renamed back to System Reserved or is it safe to leave it as unallocated?
08-13-2010 09:08 PM
I use "HDDErase" when i format and it places the ssd back to its orginal state and is very easy to use. Then i sinply let windows 7 installer do its thing after that and it wrks perfect.
08-14-2010 08:13 AM
Thanks for the suggestion of using HDD Erase Killer. The mistake I made was deleting both the data on my SSD, including the OS, and the 'System Reserved' partition as I was doing a fresh install of Windows 7. I'm still a little unsure whether this 'System Reserved' partition which is around 100MB should be deleted before doing a fresh install of Windows 7. It's something I should raise with Windows rather than Intel though.