The drive in red. I don't remember when I saw it first time. I thought it was a backup drive back then.
Can I remove this partition?
I can provide any further details if needed
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1Based on the size of the partition that’s the WinRE partition. It’s trivial to remove the drive letter from that partition. DO NOT delete the partition – Ramhound Aug 29 '20 at 10:37
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@Ramhound Oh Dear. It seems I will have to protect it from attacks. Very many thanks. – vickyace Aug 29 '20 at 10:44
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Just remove them drive letter. – Ramhound Aug 29 '20 at 10:50
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From the size and that is a "local" disk and the WINRE marker file I would hazard a guess that it is either the EFI partition or a special utility partition that is created by 3rd party backup and/or partitioning software.
Normally such partitions don't get/need a drive-letter and are hidden, but Windows may accidentally attach a drive-letter anyway and in that case you will see it.
Using the Disk Administrator tool in Windows you can remove the drive-letter, but don't otherwise modify this partition because that may leave your computer un-bootable!
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