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    Fresh Install Windows 10 - Recovery Partition?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by crazyfool33, Aug 17, 2015.

  1. crazyfool33

    crazyfool33 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I have an ASUS which came with 8.1 OEM. I upgraded to Win 10 and now am about to do a fresh install of Win 10 on it (using this tool: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10).

    It has 2 recovery partitions 20 GB and 500 MB.

    Q1. During fresh install, do I need to delete both recovery partitions?

    Q2. Just to confirm, recovery partitions only keep the newly installed OS backup right? I.e. wondering if I can keep older OS recovery on that?

    Thanks :)
     
    crazyfool33, Aug 17, 2015
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  2. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Up to you (you don't "need" to, no). You can create a backup and delete all partitions, or you can keep the recovery data, delete the current OS partition, and make new partitions for your Windows 10 install.

    Recovery partitions from the OEM preserve whatever Windows version came with the computer from Asus' factory (in this case, Windows 8.1). It's their original image. You can do something similar with your own install as well; Windows has an image backup tool.
     
    Prostar Computer, Aug 18, 2015
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