Can the recovery partition get full?

Gilgamesh

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I have Partition Wizard on my system and I was looking at my system drive. I have the standard UEFI partitions on my system (300MB Recovery, 100MB UEFI, 128MB MSR, and my Windows OS) and I noticed that my Recovery partition is 88% full. Should I be concerned about it being this full and look at making it larger? Or will this usage remain static?
Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win XP, Win 7, Win 8, Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core I7 3930K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GT 630
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x ViewSonic VX2370
It is static. I am concerned that none of those are large enough for a true recovery partition though. A true recovery partition will be around 17GB if the system is part of recovery. Have you made a flash (usb) recovery drive? Did your PC come with 8 or 8.1 or did you install from disc or ISO? If you installed from disc or ISO forget everything I just said.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer V3 771G-6443
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer VA70_HC (U3E1)
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD4000 + GeForce GT 730M
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP Display on Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB
    ADATA SSD SP900 128GB
    PSU
    90 watt brick
    Mouse
    Bluetooth
    Antivirus
    Comodo
    Other Info
    Asus RT-AC56R dual-band WRT router (Merlin firmware). Intel 7260.HMWWB.R dual-band ac wireless adapter.
You should not modify the recovery partition or it's contents in any way. Never use the partition to store your own files.The partition is created by the computer manufacturer and is never modified later.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Hello,
Perhaps I should have been clearer in my description. These partitions were created by the installation of a retail (not OEM) copy of Windows 8 onto a new, completely empty, hard disk. The PC is one I built myself so there is no OEM recovery image from the PC manufacturer; and if I need to rebuild I will use my retail DVD.
The Recovery partition I'm referring to is described here Sample: Configure UEFI/GPT-Based Hard Drive Partitions by Using Windows Setup though they refer to it as "Win RE Tools". I do not store any of my own files there, I just noticed that it was almost full.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win XP, Win 7, Win 8, Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core I7 3930K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GT 630
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x ViewSonic VX2370
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