System Reserved too full, how to reduce/recreate?

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I wanted to create a system image, but I got the "not enough disk space" error. The target disk is more than big enough, so it must be the source. I followed this article, and deleted the journal from the System Reserved partition, but still only 5% is free from the 100MB.

fsutil usn deletejournal /N /D Q:

Normally around 70% is free. I want to get there, and the article did not help.

I have a recovery disk, how can I format the System Reserved partition?
Is it safe? Or how else can I reset it?

András

Posted 2015-01-09T19:48:29.747

Reputation: 426

How much free space to you have in the other partitions? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-01-09T19:53:48.127

The article you linked itself explains how to do what your asking us to explain how to do. – Ramhound – 2015-01-09T19:57:13.077

You don't want to shrink the partition your asking about you actually want to expand it so it meets the requirements of what you are trying to do ( by having 50MB free on partitions less then 350MB ) – Ramhound – 2015-01-09T20:22:30.887

I do not want to expand the partition, I want to remove the unneccessary files. – András – 2015-01-09T23:24:53.700

They are all necessary if you want to retain your ability to use the WinRE – Ramhound – 2015-01-09T23:27:30.627

Answers

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I still do not know what used up so much space.
However, I booted from a Linux pendrive, formatted the System Reserved to NTFS, set it active, and then I just used the Windows Install pendrive to repair the boot partition.

I was able to create a system image without a problem now.

András

Posted 2015-01-09T19:48:29.747

Reputation: 426