Random Partition Created in Windows 7 When I Installed My HDD

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Logan Snyder

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So, when I installed my HDD (after having only my SSD installed), a random partition was created, called the E: partition. I remember it originally having a shortcut to the hard drive, but that's all it contained. So, just to see what would happen, I formatted it within Windows 7. The short-cut to the hard drive was not re-created, but the partition did not disappear. It just sits there, containing nothing, doing nothing. I'm not sure if I can remove this or if it vital for something, but I assume it's removable and not vital, because I know other people with machines that contain an SSD and HDD that have Windows 7 installed, and I haven't seem the same thing occur. Any advice?
 
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well it looks like the one drive just got set up wrong and 2 partitions were created or if this drive was a used drive and had a partition on it that did not get used so say 70mb of a 500mb drive and then you loaded windows it sees that part as in use and installed on the remaining space of the drive as its partition .. all I can say is start over and load windows and when it gets to the part where it asks you to partition the drive make it all the drive ..

or try this if the one is empty just join them -- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/19b60bc3-86a2-45d1-b2b5-16f9f3671a2b/how-to-merge-partitions-in-windows-7-?forum=w7itproperf
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maybe im wrong but is that space for windows system reserved ?? if you let windows install its self it takes that space for what ever it needs to about 30gb [??]] and on mine in defrag its separate from the rest of the drive -- but if you install windows and you get to the part to partition and say the drive is 500gb with 475gb useable [partition the full amount showing ] set it to that and it should limit windows to using about 19gb of space in that and the rest is free but then you got to know that the shadow copies and back up files will now have a limited space default and you may want to increase that if you fell its needed

I hope I said this right for what your asking
 
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I did not want this to appear as a separate partition. I just want my HDD and SSD to show up. As for other comments, I may need further explanation. The E: drive is visible in Windows Explorer. I don't think it should be though, at least the shortcut to it (if it's system reserved, it should be visible in Windows Explorer).
 
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What is in the E:\ drive? Can you show me what files show?
 
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I have 2 drives the main boot drive is c the 2ed drive is e and has my old vista os and all the files from when I used it but is just used as storage or it can be blank and I access the E drive through start/computer/e or I guess I could put a shortcut on the desktop.. what I thought you were saying you installed 7 on a drive but it now has 2 partitions on one drive 7 /c and empty/e
 
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http://i.imgur.com/DILCQN6.png?1

Here you go. I noticed that after I created the screenshot, what time it was (at least, what the screenshot captured). That time in unintentional, it's purely a coincidence, I swear.
 
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well it looks like the one drive just got set up wrong and 2 partitions were created or if this drive was a used drive and had a partition on it that did not get used so say 70mb of a 500mb drive and then you loaded windows it sees that part as in use and installed on the remaining space of the drive as its partition .. all I can say is start over and load windows and when it gets to the part where it asks you to partition the drive make it all the drive ..

or try this if the one is empty just join them -- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/19b60bc3-86a2-45d1-b2b5-16f9f3671a2b/how-to-merge-partitions-in-windows-7-?forum=w7itproperf
 
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