Windows 10: C Drive Has 3 Partitions - Is This Correct?

Discus and support C Drive Has 3 Partitions - Is This Correct? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Last question on the C drive. I installed Macrium Reflect to use as a backup program and when the program opened, it showed the C drive as seen in this... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Gator5000e, Aug 31, 2015.

  1. Word Man Win User

    C Drive Has 3 Partitions - Is This Correct?


    That 93.15 GB is unallocated disk space being used for your 1TB Samsung SSD at 10% overprovisioning. Notice that actual GB for the disk is 931.51 GB, take that times 10% and what do you get?
     
    Word Man, Sep 2, 2015
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  2. Thanks, I installed the mini tool and here is what it showed. It is unallocated space. No idea what that means. Also, why does it show 3 partitions: 100MB Data, C: 837GB, and the 845 MB partition (shows after the unallocated partition)? Can I delete that 845 MB partition?


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    Gator5000e, Sep 2, 2015
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  3. Word Man Win User
    I wouldn't. It's over half occupied and probably has to do with Win 10 recovery capability.

    P.S. You can change that 10% overprovisioning if you want and reclaim whatever fraction of the 95 GB you want. Even if you reclaimed it all, whether left unallocated or not, the SSD will reach for what it needs from whatever it considers to be unoccupied system drive or unallocated drive space.
     
    Word Man, Sep 2, 2015
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  4. Word Man Win User

    C Drive Has 3 Partitions - Is This Correct?

    I'm going to guess you installed Samsung Magician and that's where you ended up with the 10% OP for the SSD. Actually, I'm still not seeing anything wrong or unexpected in anything you've posted, including the Macrium screen. If you were to do a Byte-by-byte disk image with Macrium, it would store what it needs to construct even that unallocated space as it was when imaged. If you just let Macrium image the disk data present, you'll have a MUCH smaller image and it would still full disk restore to be laid out exactly as it was when the disk image was created.
     
    Word Man, Sep 2, 2015
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  5. OK, thanks Word Man. I appreciate the assistance.
     
    Gator5000e, Sep 2, 2015
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  6. Word Man Win User
    Not a problem. It was easier from the standpoint that I have same deal going as you, have a 500 GB Samsung 850 EVO, and have been using Macrium for a while now.

    EDIT - well, wish I could cram all those disks in my laptop, *cry so not EXACTLY the same deal...
     
    Word Man, Sep 2, 2015
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  7. I have trouble saying no to cheap external drives!
     
    Gator5000e, Apr 4, 2018
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