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    Samsung Series 3 partitions

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Techdoodz, Mar 21, 2013.

  1. Techdoodz

    Techdoodz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got a new Samsung Series 3 notebook
    I was wondering if someone could tell me what each of these partitions are for:

    500 MB Recovery Partition
    300 MB EFI System Partition
    C:\ - 441 GB
    22.62 GB Recovery Partition
    1 GB Recovery Partition

    Why so many recovery partitions? Which are for the OS and which are for Samsung? What would happen if I removed them? Details are welcome :)
     
    Techdoodz, Mar 21, 2013
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    On other Samsung notebooks the Samsung Recovery Partition is the big one. I haven't seen reports of other recovery partitions.

    Can you capture the Disk Manager screen and attach it here in case there are some extra clues?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Mar 21, 2013
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  3. Techdoodz

    Techdoodz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here you go:
    partitions.png
     
    Techdoodz, Mar 21, 2013
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