freakassoid
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if you have a OEM Windows 8 computer (Hewlett-Packard,Acer,Toshiba ect.) and installed Windows 8.1
it adds a extra 350mb recovery partition
now if you had to restore back to Windows 8 from the OEM recovery Partition the extra 350mb recovery
gets left on the hard drive
now from a fresh install back to Windows 8 from the OEM recovery partition you upgrade to Windows 8.1 it adds
another 350mb recovery partition so now there is 2 350mb recovery partition and if you keep going back to Windows 8
from the OEM recovery partition and upgrade to Windows 8.1 it adds another
Windows defrag see's these 350mb recovery partition as Local Disk (\\?\VOLUME and can not defrag them
this person had 13 350mb recovery partitions
Too Many Recovery Partitions
hxxp://malwaretips.com/threads/too-many-recovery-partitions.32625/
i also found in this post topgundcp says
"If you have another HD then I would suggest to re-install the OS and get ready to upgrade to Windows 10.
Having too many reserved partitions might cause upgrade to Windows 10 to fail as seen in Windows 10 Forum."
Too many recovery partitions Windows 8.1
hxxp://www.eightforums.com/general-support/67348-too-many-recovery-partitions-windows-8-1-a.html
i'v asked this question at the Microsoft Community forum
hxxp://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade/upgrade-to-win-10-but-too-many-recovery-partitions/a58f421f-fdfd-4d6d-bd58-82b8168e84f1?auth=1
Jayant Gupta a Microsoft Support Engineer replies
"I would like to provide you with the information that, if you have another HD then I would suggest you to re-install the OS
and get ready to upgrade to Windows 10. Having too many reserved partitions might cause Windows 10 upgrade to fail."
i know how to fix this
but what about all the people that do not know about this let alone know how to fix it
James
p.s.
since i'm new i XX the tt in links up above
it adds a extra 350mb recovery partition
now if you had to restore back to Windows 8 from the OEM recovery Partition the extra 350mb recovery
gets left on the hard drive
now from a fresh install back to Windows 8 from the OEM recovery partition you upgrade to Windows 8.1 it adds
another 350mb recovery partition so now there is 2 350mb recovery partition and if you keep going back to Windows 8
from the OEM recovery partition and upgrade to Windows 8.1 it adds another
Windows defrag see's these 350mb recovery partition as Local Disk (\\?\VOLUME and can not defrag them
this person had 13 350mb recovery partitions
Too Many Recovery Partitions
hxxp://malwaretips.com/threads/too-many-recovery-partitions.32625/
i also found in this post topgundcp says
"If you have another HD then I would suggest to re-install the OS and get ready to upgrade to Windows 10.
Having too many reserved partitions might cause upgrade to Windows 10 to fail as seen in Windows 10 Forum."
Too many recovery partitions Windows 8.1
hxxp://www.eightforums.com/general-support/67348-too-many-recovery-partitions-windows-8-1-a.html
i'v asked this question at the Microsoft Community forum
hxxp://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade/upgrade-to-win-10-but-too-many-recovery-partitions/a58f421f-fdfd-4d6d-bd58-82b8168e84f1?auth=1
Jayant Gupta a Microsoft Support Engineer replies
"I would like to provide you with the information that, if you have another HD then I would suggest you to re-install the OS
and get ready to upgrade to Windows 10. Having too many reserved partitions might cause Windows 10 upgrade to fail."
i know how to fix this
but what about all the people that do not know about this let alone know how to fix it
James
p.s.
since i'm new i XX the tt in links up above