Windows 10: WinRE partition on Windows 10.

Hi to all!!!
After my motherboard failure I have got a new computer!!!
It is an assembled computer designed by me.
A store did the operation of assemble it.
They installed Windows 10 too.
Now observing my hard drive (2000GB) with EaseUS I see 878.91 GB of unformatted space, 983.67 GB dedicated to Windows 10 and a partition of 450 MB.
I think the last partition (450MB) contains WinRE.
Now my questions are two:
1) Is it the content of this partition really WinRE?
2) If the answer to the first question is yes, can I delete it and use WinRE from Windows disc if I have problems and
WinRE becomes useful?
Thank you in advance for your answers!!!

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Windows 10 Installation error 80070003 - Need a fix

Windows 10 Disk Manager calls my 1st partition OEM. AOMEI calls it WINRE. AOMEI has the option to change the label where Windows does not. I suspect that the label that can be changed with AOMEI is not the important one.

Windows

Simple Basic Healthy (OEM Partition) 1.21 GB 1.21 GB 100%

AOMEI

*WINRE NTFS 1.21 GB 254.73 GB 982.38 MB GPT None

So if AOMEI calls it WINRE, is that good enough? If AOMEI allows me to "change label" is that good enough?

 

Couldn't Update System Reserved Partition Upgrading from Win 8.1

I think what's going on is that there is a copy of WinRe in the EFI System partition which duplicates the one Windows puts in the WinRe Recovery Partition.

Normally Recovery containing WinRe (Windows Repair console) is separate from EFI System partition which contains only boot files.

But I've seen several installs that have it in two places, one where the OEM put it and another where Windows places it.

If you can use Partition Wizard to confirm there is a copy of WindowsRE folder containing the large 235mb Winre.wim in both EFI System and WinReTools partitions, then you could probably delete that folder out of EFI System partition to free up the space
needed to modify the boot files by the Upgrade.

The logic behind this is that the EFI System partition is not meant to have WinRE folder which is consigned to a separate Recovery partition.

What do you think, J W?

Here is an example of my Recovery partition shown in Disk Mgmt screenshot earlier which also detailed the EFI System partition. Look for that WindowsRE folder in both EFI System and WinRE Recovery partitions. If you could post screenshots of both we can
determine with more certainty which is superfluous. For example the word "Tools" appearing in the partition label makes me think WinRE Tools partition was placed there by Dell and also contains other Dell files like drivers and possibly diagnostics.

 

Thank you for the reply NavyLCDR!!!

 

Post a screen print of Disk Management using these instructions by Brink:
Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of - Windows 10 Forums

If your 450 MB partition is the System/Active partition it has the boot code (probably labeled System Reserved).
If you delete it before moving the boot code to [C], you won't be able to boot Windows.

You should also fill in your System Specs for better help:
System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums - Windows 10 Forums

 

Yes, good point. There should be an additional system reserved (boot) partition anywhere from 100 to 500mb in size more than likely as the first partition.

The easiest way to see what is on the partitions (even hidden and system files) is to install MiniTool Partition Wizard Free. Right click on a partition and select Explore. You are looking for a boot folder, with a BCD file in the folder. Do not delete the partition containing the boot folder! (which should also be marked as the active partition).

Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

 

That 450 MB partition is the "System Reserved" partition, if it was me then I'll delete it.

 

I never make "Disk Structure" changes without having everything backed up before making any changes.
Being able to restore/recover if something goes wrong can save a lot of time, data, frustration, cost.