What Is a Recovery Partition?
So, what is a recovery partition?
Most modern PCs store their recovery data on a hard drive partition which is called recovery partition.
It is used to restore the system to factory tweaks in case of system failures.
And inDisk Management, there is only a Help option for it.
Two Types of Recovery Partition
Usually, there are two types of recovery partition.
One is namedrecovery partitionwhich is created when installing an operating system.
It holds the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).
The rest one is namedOEM partitionwhich is made by many computer manufacturers like Dell, HP, before delivery.
With it, you’ve got the option to reset your system to its factory default state.
All the prefs it has before shipping, including OS, some built-in applications and so on.
This one will take up more space than Windows recovery partition.
you might press F10, F11, F12, etc.
(according to your own computer) to pull up the Boot menu when the computer is booting.
When the Boot menu appears, notice that one option is to boot into the recovery volume.
Select this option to use the recovery volume.
What happens when you start to use the recovery partition depends on the computer manufacturer.
You may see a custom Windows-based operating system, but it is suitable for troubleshooting and maintenance.
Though not every PC has a recovery partition.
In this case, you’re able to choose to use a recovery disk as an alternative.
Can the Recovery Partition Be Deleted?
As we said before, Disk Management only provides Help option for the recovery partition.
The question can the recovery partition be deleted always follows the topic recovery partition.
To delete the recovery partition, the way we provide you here is to create arecovery disk.
For more information, hey seeCan I Delete Recovery Partition in Windows 7/8/10 for Further Use?
