- Aug 6, 2012
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if you upgrade to Win 10 from a OEM Win 8 Computer be aware
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
VirusAttak had this happen to him
Too Many Recovery Partitions
http://malwaretips.com/threads/too-many-recovery-partitions.32625/
i also found this
Too many recovery partitions Windows 8.1
http://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
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...rtitions/a58f421f-fdfd-4d6d-bd58-82b8168e84f1
the Microsoft Support Engineer says that if i try to upgrade with the added 350mb partitions Windows 10 will not install and could be trouble and says i should Wipe the Hard drive and reinstall
ok i know how to do this but what about everyone else
to me i think people should know about this before Windows 10 is out
what do you think?
James
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
VirusAttak had this happen to him
Too Many Recovery Partitions
http://malwaretips.com/threads/too-many-recovery-partitions.32625/
i also found this
Too many recovery partitions Windows 8.1
http://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
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...rtitions/a58f421f-fdfd-4d6d-bd58-82b8168e84f1
the Microsoft Support Engineer says that if i try to upgrade with the added 350mb partitions Windows 10 will not install and could be trouble and says i should Wipe the Hard drive and reinstall
ok i know how to do this but what about everyone else
to me i think people should know about this before Windows 10 is out
what do you think?
James