Step 6 Note down the Partition Number and then enter SEL PAR in this case SEL PAR 1 Step 5 Then type LIS PAR to get a listing of the partitions Step 4 Note down the Disk number and then type SEL DIS in this case SEL DIS 0 Step 3 At the command prompt type DISKPART, then type LIS DIS, you should then get something that looks like this Once you see the Windows Setup menu, press SHIFT+F10 to open the command prompt. Step 2 Now boot the VM (or physical machine) from the Windows Installation media (USB/DVD). Step 1 Open the Disk Management Console and get an overview of the current disk layout. In case you plan to do this on a system with your or someone else’s data stored, I recommend making a backup BEFORE running the below described tasks. I’m sure I’m not the first one that blogs about this but I’ve seen so many lengthy and over-complicating descriptions (including instructions of loading the registry, use of 3rd party tools and rescue discs) that I decided to write this down anyway, even if it’s just for YOU who just stumbled over this blog post. To avoid a fresh installation of Windows I decided to re-use one of my Virtual Machine templates and apply the process described below. Today I worked on something where I needed a Windows 8 client that does not have a system reserved partition.
