![]() REM Choose the appropriate disk number from the list. It should be easy to exclude those steps if you'd rather skip them, but you'll need to alter the numbers when shrinking (e.g., 260 MB instead of 1260 MB).Ĭomments are prefixed with REM (for "remark"), as these are supported both by cmd.exe and diskpart.exe.įrom cmd.exe running as an administrator: diskpart I've included the steps for creating such a partition on your primary drive and marked those steps with comments. You may find that some Windows features don't work without a System Reserved partition. These are typically 1000 MB and store useful Windows metadata. While you're at it, you probably want to move your System Reserved partition. If you don't need to make space, take note of the comments that indicate which steps you should skip. I'm using 260 MB in this example as that's what newer drives require, but older drives with smaller sectors only require 100 MB. If your primary drive lacks space, first you'll need to shrink your C: partition (or equivalent). I used this procedure to move both the EFI System Partition and the System Reserved partition. For people like me coming from Google: Yes, it is possible to do this with Windows, without any third-party tools.
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