Windows Recovery Partition

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Hi, Paul.

> "you would have to resize the Windows partition to use the space -- not sure if it's worth the trouble..."

You're so right about that. Moving Windows can get problematic, and I am not pressed for space. I just do not like activity happening of which I am unaware, and I do not recall this partition ever being this large while I had Windows 7. I am wondering whether the migration to an SSD may have altered the geometry? So long as nothing nefarious is happening, I can tolerate it.

Below is the lengthy output from an administrator prompt. Please do let me know if you see anything out of ordinary. I would like to figure out and fix anything that is out of order, just because I like to run a tight ship if nothing else:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>bcdedit /enum all

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {454a396d-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 12

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {3d24f8b6-5e29-11e5-8085-b3b3d2b42da7}
device ramdisk=[unknown]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{3d24f8b7-5e29-11e5-8085-b3b3d2b42da7}
path \windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage Recovery
displaymessageoverride Recovery
osdevice ramdisk=[unknown]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{3d24f8b7-5e29-11e5-8085-b3b3d2b42da7}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
winpe Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 10
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {c44f1f7e-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \WINDOWS
resumeobject {454a396d-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
nx AlwaysOn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {c44f1f7e-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{c44f1f7f-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f4
1158}
path \windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage Recovery
osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{c44f1f7f-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f4
1158}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
winpe Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {d5d6ab44-5162-11df-85ab-b3ff05853af3}
device ramdisk=[unknown]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{d5d6ab45-5162-11df-85ab-b3ff05853af3}
path \windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice ramdisk=[unknown]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{d5d6ab45-5162-11df-85ab-b3ff05853af3}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
winpe Yes

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {454a396d-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-US
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence {c44f1f7e-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy Standard
debugoptionenabled No

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {7e9a413f-5e28-11e5-8085-b3b3d2b42da7}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-US
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence {3d24f8b6-5e29-11e5-8085-b3b3d2b42da7}
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy Standard
debugoptionenabled No

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {d5d6ab42-5162-11df-85ab-b3ff05853af3}
device partition=C:
path \windows\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-US
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {memdiag}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \boot\memtest.exe
description Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess Yes

EMS Settings
------------
identifier {emssettings}
bootems No

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier {dbgsettings}
debugtype Serial
debugport 1
baudrate 115200

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier {globalsettings}
inherit {dbgsettings}
{emssettings}
{badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier {bootloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}
{hypervisorsettings}

Hypervisor Settings
-------------------
identifier {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype Serial
hypervisordebugport 1
hypervisorbaudrate 115200

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier {resumeloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}

Device options
--------------
identifier {26810694-8f17-11e5-8def-803f5d088fe3}
description Windows Setup
ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
ramdisksdipath \$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier {3d24f8b7-5e29-11e5-8085-b3b3d2b42da7}
description Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier {c44f1f7f-8f29-11e5-a446-93cbb4f41158}
description Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier {d5d6ab45-5162-11df-85ab-b3ff05853af3}
description Ramdisk Options
ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier {d5d6ab46-5162-11df-85ab-b3ff05853af3}
description Windows Setup
ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
ramdisksdipath \$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\boot.sdi

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

[TeraByte Support(PP)]

I don't see anything abnormal in the output. However, Windows is using that partition for both booting ("System Reserved") and WinRE. If you want to delete the partition you would first need to move the booting files and WinRE to the Windows partition. This would be the same steps as in this KB article: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=409

As for the size change, depending on its original size, it may have scaled when you moved to the new SSD.