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I have a Win10 system that was upgraded from Win7. All is working well, but I have a couple of questions. As I was creating a system image using “Lazysoft Recovery Suite”, it offered to include the “RECOVERY” partition, which I did. Is that a Win10 created partition or is it left over from Win7? If it is a Win10 partition, how is it used? Is it necessary for a Win10 Recovery Disc to use?

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I’d say it’s a leftover from W7 and if you use it to recover you will probably end up back at W7.
To recover W10 you should download a W10 install package from Microsoft, or just use your backup program.

BTW, can you perform a backup while Windows is running or do you have to boot to LRS for it to work?

cheers, Paul

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For Win10, mine is a usual strategy of having the image for general recovery. LRS is installed in Win10, but I also have a bootable disc in case the system won’t boot. I will also make a Recovery/Repair disc. I also do incremental back-ups.

I tried using the “on-board” imaging program, but it would not let me choose a sub-directory on my external drive to save the image (or I didn’t understand how to do it). Anyway, LRS is free for home use and it works great and is easy to use. It is based on WinPE.

Could the “RECOVERY” be there for the purpose of reverting back to Win7; an option available for a limited time? Any way to look into it to find out?

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The computer manufacturer puts the recovery partition on to allow you to “fix” a broken system. It’s of no real value, but can’t easily be accessed unless you boot from an external drive / CD.

cheers, Paul

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The computer manufacturer puts the recovery partition on to allow you to “fix” a broken system. It’s of no real value, but can’t easily be accessed unless you boot from an external drive / CD.

I looked at the partitioning with a partitioning program. There are two partitions. The first is a 40 MB fat16 partition labeled “Dell Utilities”. Undoubtedly the mfgs partition you mentioned. The second is almost 15 GB ntfs partition labeled “RECOVERY” (in all caps). Not sure whether the second one is for Win7 or 10 and whether it is necessary to include it with an image backup.

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Yobil,

If you are using a good third party Imaging tool there is no need for the recovery partition or the manufacturer’s partition. However, be careful removing these partitions as it can cause boot problems.

See this somewhat dated thread on the process.

FYI: the link refers to Acronis TI which I personally no longer use. I recommend the use of Macrium Reflect Free even though I use the Premium version the free version is sufficient for most.

HTH :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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