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Old April 16th 18, 06:24 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-10
SC Tom
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Default Extra Recovery Partitions



"Tim" wrote in message
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"SC Tom" wrote in news
Running Win10 Home x64 on a system I built, but using a HDD from a
Lenovo that is out of use. I used the same OS installation- it found
and installed the drivers I needed for the new MB and CPU, and
everything runs like nothing was changed.
Opening Disk Management shows some extra partitions that I don't think
I need, but am not sure which ones to keep, and which to delete.
Here's a screen shot of DM:

http://tinypic.com/m/ju7jfm/3

If I right-click on any partition other than the Boot one, my only
option is "Help", which brings me to:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...disk-managemen
t/overview-of-disk-management#about-those-extra-recovery-partitions

I'm willing to bet the OEM and the 30GB ones are from the Lenovo, but
how do I tell, and how do I get rid of them if they are?

Thanks!


I was able to use Mini Tool Partition Wizard to explore the contents of
the
recovery partion on my system drive.


Thanks, that's just what I needed!
The 500MB partition is labeled LRS_ESP, which seems to be the Lenovo EFI
System Partion, according to googling.
The 30GB one is labeled LENOVO_PART, and contains old files that I believe
would be to recover back to factory state using the OneKey boot-up, if it
was still in the Lenovo PC.

I think I'll blow both of them away, but not before I create a disk image
:-)

Thanks again for your help!
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SC Tom