Help please for Packard Bell X6620UK

[scbs29]

I have just been given a Packard Bell IExtreme X6620UK and wish to
reformat the hdd and
install Win 7 Pro instead of the Win 7 Home Premium that is there now.

MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition v7.7 shows the following
partitions:

Partition Capacity Used Unused
File System Type Status
*.PQSERVICE 12.00GB 8.66GB 3.34GB
NTFS Primary None
*.SYSTEM RESERVED 100.0MB 25.39MB 74.61MB
NTFS Primary Active & Boot
C:Packard Bell 459.45GB 90.58 GB 368.87GB
NTFS Primary System
D:DATA 459.96GB 1.84GB 458.12 GB
NTFS Primary None

I contacted Packard Bell about the PQSERVICE and SYSTEM RESERVED
partitions and they
replied that they were necessary, but would not tell me anything else.

I cannot investigate them because they are not visible in Windows
Explorer.

Can anyone tell me what these partitions are ? Are they necessary if I
format the hdd
and install a bought copy of Win 7 Pro or can they be deleted?

I was intending to delete the two partitions and extend the C:
partition to cover the
then unused space, followed by installing Win 7 Pro onto this
partition after formatting.
I am now unsure, however, because of these two partitions.

Can anyone advise me ?
TIA

[Anthony R. Gold]

Post by scbs29
I have just been given a Packard Bell IExtreme X6620UK and wish to
reformat the hdd and
install Win 7 Pro instead of the Win 7 Home Premium that is there now.
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition v7.7 shows the following
Partition Capacity Used Unused
File System Type Status
*.PQSERVICE 12.00GB 8.66GB 3.34GB
NTFS Primary None
*.SYSTEM RESERVED 100.0MB 25.39MB 74.61MB
NTFS Primary Active & Boot
C:Packard Bell 459.45GB 90.58 GB 368.87GB
NTFS Primary System
D:DATA 459.96GB 1.84GB 458.12 GB
NTFS Primary None
I contacted Packard Bell about the PQSERVICE and SYSTEM RESERVED
partitions and they
replied that they were necessary, but would not tell me anything else.
I cannot investigate them because they are not visible in Windows
Explorer.
Can anyone tell me what these partitions are ? Are they necessary if I
format the hdd
and install a bought copy of Win 7 Pro or can they be deleted?
partition to cover the
then unused space, followed by installing Win 7 Pro onto this
partition after formatting.
I am now unsure, however, because of these two partitions.
Can anyone advise me ?
TIA

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/can-i-delete-the-system-reserved-partition-from/656014d2-a516-46e6-a841-d0f9333ecb48


http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/156944-pqservice-partition.html

Yes, you can delete the recovery partition, although you may miss it later.

Do not delete the 100MB system partition unless you first relocate the
booting files. See: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=409

[scbs29]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:11:14 -0400, "Anthony R. Gold"

Post by Anthony R. Gold

Post by scbs29
I have just been given a Packard Bell IExtreme X6620UK and wish to
reformat the hdd and
install Win 7 Pro instead of the Win 7 Home Premium that is there now.
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition v7.7 shows the following
Partition Capacity Used Unused
File System Type Status
*.PQSERVICE 12.00GB 8.66GB 3.34GB
NTFS Primary None

snip

Post by Anthony R. Gold

Post by scbs29
I am now unsure, however, because of these two partitions.
Can anyone advise me ?
TIA

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/can-i-delete-the-system-reserved-partition-from/656014d2-a516-46e6-a841-d0f9333ecb48
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/156944-pqservice-partition.html
Yes, you can delete the recovery partition, although you may miss it later.
Do not delete the 100MB system partition unless you first relocate the
booting files. See: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=409

Thanks for the reply.
I think that I will delete the two partitions, extend c: over there
positions and install straight to c: