"We couldn’t update system reserved partition"

[goombawaho]

Trying to upgrade a Dell laptop with Windows 7 to Windows 10 and getting that error.
I'm looking at the solutions, but all I see is to "increase the size of the System Reserved Partition" and you'll be fine.
Problem is that this laptop (and my Dell as well) doesn't have a system reserved partition at all.

Any advice on creating a partition to allow Windows 10 to do its thing or another solution? I don't seem to find this scenario (no S.R.V.) in my searches.

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[edfair]

Are you up to reinstall of 7? IIRC it creates the reserve partition if it starts from totally unallocated space.

Ed Fair
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[goombawaho]

I'm sure it does, but that would be like death!! Too many installed programs and custom configurations.

Alternatives to that idea??????

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[Beilstwh]

There are actually a number of pages on creating the SRP after the OS is loaded. See the following for windows 7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/119151-system-reserved-create-using-disk-management.html

Bill
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[goombawaho]

I saw that page, but isn't the SRP supposed to be the first partition (in front of the OS partition) in a single boot system. That thread deals more with dual boot issues.

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[goombawaho]

I was just being stupid. The System Reserved partition was named "DATA" and so it didn't register in my brain. It was nearly full though - the real problem. I enlarged it per procedures here and then the upgrade went just fine.
Link

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