takitezsdc
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- Location
- Charlotte NC
System: Case Alienware Area 51 R2 , Asus Deluxe X99 3,1, Intel i7-5960 , Cosair Dominator 3000mhz DRAM 32G , 2 WD 4T HHD in raid 5 as data storage , Samsung 950 pro M2 card with windows 8.1pro as main OS and Samsung SSD 850 as a backup OS Windows 10.
ok I am a little confused......So i have a new Samsung 950 Pro M2 SSD that I installed in my system and did a CLEAN install of windows 8.1pro only the M2 SSD Samsung card was installed and enabled. I unplugged all other drives and other sata ports disabled.
The install went fine and then i did all the windows updates and driver installs. After I was done, I was about to create a partition at the end of my drive to over provision it, using the magician software from Samsung, I noticed that the Samsung M2 SSD which holds my main OS of Windows 8.Pro had a 450MB system recovery partition after the main partition.
So I have partitions in order (1) 300MB (Recovery partition) (2) 99 MB ( EFI system partition) (3) MAIN 428G ( boot, Page File, crash dump, primary partition) (4.) 47.69G (unallocated ) partition for over provision and THEN (5) 451MB ( recovery partition) that was created for some reason after one of the 150 updates that windows 8.1 / Microsoft installs.
My question is WHY? Why does windows 8.1 have a new 450MB recovery partition at the end of the drive? I NEVER installed windows 10 on it and I was very cautious to not allow the updates to install windows 10 on the SSD. So what is up with this?
Any help would be appreciated.......and IF it is normal to have this extra partition, does anyone have any insight on why MS thinks it needs to be there? If its not to be there, how do i get it off?
Also know that i HATE MS, and dispise there tech support and attitude they take with their customers and I refuse to even call them for any help. If you only knew the nightmare situations I have had with them, they should be out of business and have gone down hill fast, since Gates left.
Thanks, in advance,,,,,,,,,,,
ok I am a little confused......So i have a new Samsung 950 Pro M2 SSD that I installed in my system and did a CLEAN install of windows 8.1pro only the M2 SSD Samsung card was installed and enabled. I unplugged all other drives and other sata ports disabled.
The install went fine and then i did all the windows updates and driver installs. After I was done, I was about to create a partition at the end of my drive to over provision it, using the magician software from Samsung, I noticed that the Samsung M2 SSD which holds my main OS of Windows 8.Pro had a 450MB system recovery partition after the main partition.
So I have partitions in order (1) 300MB (Recovery partition) (2) 99 MB ( EFI system partition) (3) MAIN 428G ( boot, Page File, crash dump, primary partition) (4.) 47.69G (unallocated ) partition for over provision and THEN (5) 451MB ( recovery partition) that was created for some reason after one of the 150 updates that windows 8.1 / Microsoft installs.
My question is WHY? Why does windows 8.1 have a new 450MB recovery partition at the end of the drive? I NEVER installed windows 10 on it and I was very cautious to not allow the updates to install windows 10 on the SSD. So what is up with this?
Any help would be appreciated.......and IF it is normal to have this extra partition, does anyone have any insight on why MS thinks it needs to be there? If its not to be there, how do i get it off?
Also know that i HATE MS, and dispise there tech support and attitude they take with their customers and I refuse to even call them for any help. If you only knew the nightmare situations I have had with them, they should be out of business and have gone down hill fast, since Gates left.
Thanks, in advance,,,,,,,,,,,
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- i7-intel 5960
- Motherboard
- Asus X99 Deluxe 3.1
- Memory
- Corsair Dominator 3000mhz 32G
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2x Nvidia Geforce Titan Z
- Sound Card
- Onboard Realtek sound System
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 4k Curved monitor
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SSD M2 950 Pro 512G, 2 WD RED HDD in raid 5 , Samsung 850 SSD 512G backup OS
- PSU
- 80 plus Gold 1500w PSU
- Case
- Alienware Area 51 R2
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro Series H110i GT High Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler with 5 LED High static fans
- Keyboard
- Alienware Tactx Keyboard
- Mouse
- Alienware Tactx mouse
- Internet Speed
- 340 down / 23 up TWC
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- WIndows Defender / SuperAnit virus
- Other Info
- Bose surround system speakers