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Upgrading from Win 8 to 8.1 created a new recovery 472MB partition?

  • 02-04-2014 4:52pm
    #1
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Before upgrading I had 4 partitions for my UEFI Windows 8 install, the main partition for the system, and the three others it created during install. After upgrading to Windows 8.1 it has reduced the main Windows partition by 472MB and created a new 472MB recovery partition.

    I have not yet run any Windows 8.1 updates as the drivers for my laptop are tricky and to make everything work as it should I need to install them before running updates. What I have run is Disk Cleanup, which I had remove the old Windows install.

    Is it normal for Windows 8.1 upgrade to create this new recovery partition and is it going to delete it or the old recovery partition and merge it with the main Windows 8.1 partition?


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  • #2
    ion564
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭ion564


    Yes, windows 8.1 by default creates a recovery partition.


  • #3
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    ion564 wrote: »
    Yes, windows 8.1 by default creates a recovery partition.


    Is there anyway to tidy it up as I now have the old Windows recovery partition and the new Windows 8.1 recovery partition, or is this just the way it should be?


  • #4
    ion564
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭ion564


    Just delete both of them. Initially you will have one or 2 primary partitions. One primary partition is created by default which is used to install windows and the rest of programs. I ususally create 2 primary partitions one for the programs/ windows and one for the data. When windows is installed you can use a partition recovery program such as Easeus partition master to get rid of the recovery partition (472 mb) and you can the and this memory to the data partition.


  • #5
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    ion564 wrote: »
    Just delete both of them. Initially you will have one or 2 primary partitions. One primary partition is created by default which is used to install windows and the rest of programs. I ususally create 2 primary partitions one for the programs/ windows and one for the data. When windows is installed you can use a partition recovery program such as Easeus partition master to get rid of the recovery partition (472 mb) and you can the and this memory to the data partition.

    Are they not needed by Windows 8.1? I mean, why create them at all if that is the case.


  • #6
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Don't go near those recovery partitions on your hard drive as they could be the only way to recover the windows operating system your pc after a serious virus/malware attack or if windows becomes corrupt.


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  • #7
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    Thanks for the input.

    I do not need the recovery partitions as I have taken a complete image of the drive using Clonezilla. That said, I would like to know Windows is completely functioning as it should and that those options are there for me should I ever choose to exercise them.

    To that end I discovered a trick to download a complete Windows 8.1 ISO from Microsoft using my upgrade key. I should only be able to download Windows 8 ISO or an 8.1 upgrade ISO but happily using this trick I was able to do a clean install of 8.1 without all the upgrade nonsense.


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