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Liddo-kun · 2021-08-10, 08:29

is it safe to rename local disk G: to E: ?? The reason is, one of my games, Otomedius G, wants a drive E:, so that it can save high scores and ranks.

local disk C and D are one disk (this is the one that boots the pc), local disk F and G are one disk, and I don't know which disk System Reserved E: belongs.

Renegade334 · 2021-08-10, 09:03

System Reserved should be on the main disk, right alongside the Windows installation. If you're not certain, click on the Windows Start Button, type diskmgmt and press "Enter". It'll open the Disk Manager and you'll see which disk the SR is physically on.

As for the System Reserved partition, I usually leave that alone and do not push my luck. However, in the event that the letter change option is NOT available in Disk Manager (greyed out), it should be possible to do it with DISKPART console commands.

That said, before tinkering with anything related to System partitions and whatnot, I suggest you do a full backup of your hard drive using backup & restore software, just to be safe, as I don't know whether it's going to break something on your rig or will pass by completely unnoticed.

demonix · 2021-08-10, 09:13

System reserved shouldn't even be visible or assigned a drive letter, so something is definitely amiss there.

Liddo-kun · 2021-08-10, 09:45

this pc used to only have C: and D: .. then one of my other pc broke down, I got the HDD from that pc and put it into this one... causing F: and G: to appear .. but I can't remember when the System Reserved E: appeared.

my thoughts is, since G: is not really a part of the boot disk, then it could be renamed safely to E: ... or maybe this would affect system reserved in some way, since it's also named E: ??

after reading the comments. I suppose, leaving things alone would be better.

SeijiSensei · 2021-08-10, 10:55

Don't use Windows much these days, but maybe you can use aliasing? DK if that still exists in modern Windows,

https://nagpurchasysadmin.blogspot.c...n-windows.html

Renegade334 · 2021-08-10, 16:53

Better leave SR alone. That stuff contains data pertaining to the boot process, including the Boot Manager and even some BitLocker stuff if you have that enabled.

By the way, this smaller partition is typically created when you make a new Windows install OR when your current Windows receives a major update (e.g. Windows 10's 20H2 "October 2020 Update"). It's pretty normal.

Strahan · 2021-11-11, 18:21

You can go into computer management and remove the E: from the SR volume, that's totally unnecessary to have a drive letter connected to it. Any drive aside from the system volume (typically c:) can be changed to whatever you want - caveat being, you obviously need to let programs know that was done. If you have like F:\Apps\Photoshop\photoshop.exe and you change F: to I:, then the shortcuts to Photoshop in the start menu need to be edited and anything in the program's configuration that references F: has to change to I:, etc etc.

Personally, I moved away from drive letters. I have a pair of file servers I use for anime and other media, one is 42 TB RAID6 the other is 45TB JBOD. Since the one is JBOD, to access all the media I'd have to map nine drive letters. Then I also like to have mappings to the rest of the systems on my LAN, which would result in 12 more drive letters lol. Folder mounting is so much cleaner.

What I did was copy linux's /mnt idea and made c:\mnt then you go into drive management and remove all letter mappings, then map to c:\mnt as a folder. Then for network shares, one can make symlinks to that folder. Works great. Then if you really wanna get fancy, you can leverage DFS to make one single UNC path that has a collection of all the various systems' media. I use that to tie all the random content from the JBOD system into one path. I have \\domain\video which picks up each drive's \media\video folder content and collates it. Very efficient and clean.

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Liddo-kun is this so? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gradius Home World	Question on renaming drive letter. is it safe to rename local disk G: to E: ?? The reason is, one of my games, Otomedius G, wants a drive E:, so that it can save high scores and ranks. local disk C and D are one disk (this is the one that boots the pc), local disk F and G are one disk, and I don't know which disk System Reserved E: belongs. __________________ Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi / MTGNexus - Magic Art Gallery / AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ tournament / Cool Japan Festival 2015

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Renegade334 Sleepy Lurker Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nun'yabiznehz Age: 38	System Reserved should be on the main disk, right alongside the Windows installation. If you're not certain, click on the Windows Start Button, type diskmgmt and press "Enter". It'll open the Disk Manager and you'll see which disk the SR is physically on. As for the System Reserved partition, I usually leave that alone and do not push my luck. However, in the event that the letter change option is NOT available in Disk Manager (greyed out), it should be possible to do it with DISKPART console commands. That said, before tinkering with anything related to System partitions and whatnot, I suggest you do a full backup of your hard drive using backup & restore software, just to be safe, as I don't know whether it's going to break something on your rig or will pass by completely unnoticed. __________________ << -- Click to enter my (dead) GFX thread.

2021-08-10, 09:45	Link #4
Liddo-kun is this so? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gradius Home World	this pc used to only have C: and D: .. then one of my other pc broke down, I got the HDD from that pc and put it into this one... causing F: and G: to appear .. but I can't remember when the System Reserved E: appeared. my thoughts is, since G: is not really a part of the boot disk, then it could be renamed safely to E: ... or maybe this would affect system reserved in some way, since it's also named E: ?? after reading the comments. I suppose, leaving things alone would be better. __________________ Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi / MTGNexus - Magic Art Gallery / AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ tournament / Cool Japan Festival 2015

2021-08-10, 10:55	Link #5
SeijiSensei AS Oji-kun Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 74	Don't use Windows much these days, but maybe you can use aliasing? DK if that still exists in modern Windows, https://nagpurchasysadmin.blogspot.c...n-windows.html __________________ Taking Anime Seriously - Politics by the Numbers - Sports by the Numbers - MAL List - Avatars - Images

2021-08-10, 16:53	Link #6
Renegade334 Sleepy Lurker Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nun'yabiznehz Age: 38	Better leave SR alone. That stuff contains data pertaining to the boot process, including the Boot Manager and even some BitLocker stuff if you have that enabled. By the way, this smaller partition is typically created when you make a new Windows install OR when your current Windows receives a major update (e.g. Windows 10's 20H2 "October 2020 Update"). It's pretty normal. __________________ << -- Click to enter my (dead) GFX thread.

2021-08-10, 09:13	Link #3
demonix Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hayes, Middx UK Age: 44	System reserved shouldn't even be visible or assigned a drive letter, so something is definitely amiss there.

2021-11-11, 18:21	Link #7
Strahan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pennsylvania	You can go into computer management and remove the E: from the SR volume, that's totally unnecessary to have a drive letter connected to it. Any drive aside from the system volume (typically c:) can be changed to whatever you want - caveat being, you obviously need to let programs know that was done. If you have like F:\Apps\Photoshop\photoshop.exe and you change F: to I:, then the shortcuts to Photoshop in the start menu need to be edited and anything in the program's configuration that references F: has to change to I:, etc etc. Personally, I moved away from drive letters. I have a pair of file servers I use for anime and other media, one is 42 TB RAID6 the other is 45TB JBOD. Since the one is JBOD, to access all the media I'd have to map nine drive letters. Then I also like to have mappings to the rest of the systems on my LAN, which would result in 12 more drive letters lol. Folder mounting is so much cleaner. What I did was copy linux's /mnt idea and made c:\mnt then you go into drive management and remove all letter mappings, then map to c:\mnt as a folder. Then for network shares, one can make symlinks to that folder. Works great. Then if you really wanna get fancy, you can leverage DFS to make one single UNC path that has a collection of all the various systems' media. I use that to tie all the random content from the JBOD system into one path. I have \\domain\video which picks up each drive's \media\video folder content and collates it. Very efficient and clean.