Windows 7, when installing itself on an SSD, broke the disk into three parts, is this normal?

Question

Iron

The result is this picture:

A strange block at the beginning of the drive is 100 MB, and for some reason half a megabyte is left at the end of the disk.

Answer 1

The first partition is bootable.
I don't know why it's needed, but it's normal.
And half a megabyte at the end is the remnants that simply did not fit into the second section. Again, I don't know why they won't fit in there, but having them is okay too.

Answer 2

For reference, the space at the end of the disk is reserved for the possibility of converting the disk to dynamic.
Quote from support.microsoft.com/kb/309044/en (article for XP, but the essence is the same)
"You must have at least 1 MB of free disk space on any disk with an MBR (Master Boot Record), which needs to be converted. This disk space is automatically reserved by the system when you create a partition or volume in Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional."

Answer 3

System Reserved Partition

Answer 4

Yes, it is normal. For windows 7. Not only for SSD - for all types of hard drives. As stated in the comment above.
If you don’t like it (just like me), then during installation you can do this:
- Point to an unallocated disk
- Go to the next step, Windows will break it into parts as it suits you
- Return to the previous step
- Delete the second partition
- Enlarge the first section
- Continue the installation in the normal mode
. At the same time, an unallocated “tail” may remain at the end of the section.
To get rid of it - regular funds are no longer enough.
This can be done with acornis or partitionmagic - expand the main partition to the entire disk.

Answer 5

As a result:
- The first section - To restore the OS
- The second section - The OS itself + The space available to the user
- The third section - The free space required to perform certain operations.
My advice - do not touch or change anything, I have the same markup (win 8), only the size of my recovery partition is 300 mb. Well, if you still have to delete them, here's what will happen:
- When you delete the first partition, it will be impossible to restore the OS (as well as restore from restore points, they seem to be stored there too).
- When deleting the third section, it will be impossible, for example, to expand another section (in fact, it is possible, but this is already dancing with a tambourine)

Answer 6

If you want to get rid of a 100Mb partition, then the next time you reinstall the system:
1) delete 2 partitions
2) stretch 1 partition by 100 mb to full size
3) format 1 partition and install Windows