I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y500 and just wanted to ask what the partitions are for?
Apart from my C drive and another partition I've created, I have the following drives:
- D drive: "Lenovo" 25GB – (Only seems to be storing drivers at just over 2GB so can I safely shrink this?)
- 372MB Recovery Partition
- A 250MB EFI System partition
- 1000MB OEM partition
- 1000MB Recovery Partition
- 20GB Recovery partition (This one is confusing me the most)
It might be really basic or obvious but it just seems like a lot to have 7 partitions by default?
Best Answer
The 20 GB Recovery partition contain a Windows image, used for restoring your computer back to factory state (this will wipe all your data on the C: drive) in case you mess up the Windows installation somehow. You should check your laptop's manual to see how to use that function.
About your D: drive, if it is available to see in Windows, I guess it is okay to use it.
If you do not want your recovery function anymore, you can delete the 20 GB partition and use it for extra storage.