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Old 26-09-2024, 06:02 PM
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Disk Manager shows a strange file.. what is it for?

I just noticed.. What is the marked partition for?
No name, no nothing.. (W'7).. except apparently it is "recovery partition".
I can't change the name , I can't delete it..

On my office computer (W'10), it is named as "HP TOOLS", simple, Basic, FAT32.

The lack of names on both SSD's after cloning (basically, this is a same name ?) seem to created a problem, when I have them both connected, W'10 wouldn't start at first, then W'7 had a problem but luckily system managed to repair itself and now it works OK.

What can I do about it?
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Old 01-10-2024, 06:16 PM
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Generally holds system files for recovering your PC.
You would push a key or combination of keys upon boot up and it would then be like reinstalling Windows. Assume that you'd lose all your data if you do this as well as any updates. OEM computers do it to save having to send out CD/DVDs.
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Old 02-10-2024, 05:49 AM
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Generally holds system files for recovering your PC.
You would push a key or combination of keys upon boot up and it would then be like reinstalling Windows. Assume that you'd lose all your data if you do this as well as any updates. OEM computers do it to save having to send out CD/DVDs.

Yep, thank you, that makes sense :-)
Does its physical location on the drive matters?

I would like to move it (not sure how, BTW) so the whole thing can fit onto the smaller SSD (256GB => 250GB)
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Old 04-10-2024, 12:47 PM
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Boot partitions have to be located at a specific sector on your drive - not sure if the same is true for recovery partitions - it would depend on BIOS coding on motherboards I suspect - and I am not sure of the standards.

You would likely need specific software to modify these sectors without causing harm - like Partition Wizard or the like is my suspision...
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Old 04-10-2024, 02:53 PM
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Boot partitions have to be located at a specific sector on your drive - not sure if the same is true for recovery partitions - it would depend on BIOS coding on motherboards I suspect - and I am not sure of the standards.

You would likely need specific software to modify these sectors without causing harm - like Partition Wizard or the like is my suspicion...

Yes, quite likely..

I was thinking to omit that top partition (so everything would fit on 250GB drive without gaps, this would mean no reset to factory settings), or maybe the best solution would be simply to use larger drive (I have Crucial 1TB ) and allocate the rest of space for separate data partition.
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