Windows 11 partitions

Hi, When installed properly with UEFI Support on a GPT formatted Drive :  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions?view=windows-11

When installed as MBR : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-biosmbr-based-hard-drive-partitions?view=windows-11

So if you installed and deleted all the partitions there should be 3.   UEFI or also called EFI the 100 MB which can boot to to try and rescue (as per above link). C : Drive. Recovery Partition  and the WRE or Windows Recovery Environment

I would think if you just installed you may not have wiped the drive of all Partitions before installing.     EDIT : See as Disk 0 

As for it being named Partition 4 I have no idea.   (my Win11 laptop has also Partition 4)

Edited by Pkshadow, 07 November 2024 - 03:43 AM.

Hi,

Some partitions because are of special type Windows Disk Manager doesn't show them!

Open the Command Prompt as Administrator and run Diskpart

Inside diskpart type:

select disk 0

list partition

exit

Diskpart will list all the partitions

Edited by SleepyDude, 11 November 2024 - 04:03 PM.

To answer your question yes, it's normal.

Another tidbit for you: The C drive is partition 2 or 3.  It simply doesn't show, because the partition has been assigned a letter.

That looks good to me :=} with the hidden Reserved.      Though I can not get the the info you did with the same commands.  Weird.

From your picture, we can inform you of the following:

Partition 1 is the 100MB EFI system partition

Partition 2 is a small 16MB reserved partition which is hidden in Disk Management

Partition 3 is your 476GB C drive

Partition 4 is the 768MB recovery partition

All appears normal.

Oh! By the way, looks like SleepyDude made a typo in his instructions.  That last command is supposed to be EXIT, not EXIST.  The intention is to leave the Diskpart program after listing the partitions. [Oh!  He fixed it!]

Edited by BeigeBochs, 12 November 2024 - 10:04 AM.

Nope, all is well.

And with all due respect, it looks like SleepyDude even made another typo in his instructions. The second command is supposed to be LIST PARTITION, not LIST PARTITIONS.

Fixed!    Thanks