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Hidden volumes empty or not?
Hi all, new forum member here :) (I’m currently training as a technician so advance apologies for any daft questions or omissions!)
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Disk management/diskpart show that I've got 3 volumes - see attached screenshots.
My machine didn't come with any disks so I think the 12GB 'nameless'/recovery partition contains all the system files I'd need to do a fresh reinstall of the OS, but it's shown as having 100% free i.e. empty. But when, in command line, i assign it a letter (diskpart > list volume > select volume 3 > assign letter....) then when it appears in 'computer' it shows as only having 1.97 of 12GB free.... i.e not empty
- Does anyone know why...what's going on there?
- Also, what's the 102MB 'system reserved' volume for?
- Are they both for recovery i.e. the recovery partition is split in two?
Also, I think I read somewhere that the recovery partitions are created by/for the h.ware manufacturer - in that case I guess the contents as a whole won't be much use for another machine....?
- if so why & what's the difference between the two?
- & if not what's the difference between the two?
TIA
p.s. I've removed all assigned letters from hidden volumes to avoid the BIOS not being able to boot the recovery partition, if I ever need to.