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The thread discusses noticing two recovery partitions after upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, with users concerned about their purpose and size—one being approximately 800MB and the other around 449MB. The responses clarify that such partitions are normal, with the larger containing the previous OS image, and advise that creating a recovery USB typically won't include the older Windows version. The overall sentiment is that the recovery partitions are standard, and options for reclaiming space or reverting to Windows 8.1 depend on the system's recovery options within the allowed timeframe.
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Just noticed that since upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, I have 2 recovery partitions. Does Windows 10 automatically create a new recovery partition? If I create a Recovery USB Drive, will it be Windows 10 or Windows 8.1? I can't do anything with either of these partitions via Disk Mangement. All I get is "help". How can I delete these and reclaim that space on my SSD?

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That appears fairly normal. The OS image is in a Recovery Partition, probably the last one on the drive which is around 8 GBs.

Now that you have updated, a Recovery Drive would not encompass the image for 8.1, as far as I know. If you want to revert back, best to do that in the first 29 days through the recovery process. If the option to revert back has already been removed, use whatever you can.

Personally, I imaged my system to a new mSATA drive and put the original one in a safe place.. ;)
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What size partitions are you referring to? The install may have created an additional 450MB partition after the C: partition. This is for the Recovery process. The image in the larger partition is still the prior OS.
 

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One recovery partition is 800MB and the other (after "C") is 449MB.
 

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That appears fairly normal. The OS image is in a Recovery Partition, probably the last one on the drive which is around 8 GBs.

Now that you have updated, a Recovery Drive would not encompass the image for 8.1, as far as I know. If you want to revert back, best to do that in the first 29 days through the recovery process. If the option to revert back has already been removed, use whatever you can.

Personally, I imaged my system to a new mSATA drive and put the original one in a safe place.. ;)
 

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