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Not all OEMs hid their recovery partitions. HP actually did give their Recovery drive the letter D: as standard. Toshiba put their OEM HDDRecovery folder on the Data (D:) drive.
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All,
Thanks for all the comments.
The Disk Management screen is attached as is the Macrium Reflect screen and the DiskPart screen. C: is an SSD, D: is the recovery partition, G: is an internal HDD, and L:, M:, N:, and O: are external USB HDDs.
Does it make sense to use DiskPart to fix it like this?To remove the drive letter, open a Command Prompt (Admin) type DISKPART then press the Enter key. At the DISKPART> prompt type the command...
LIST VOLUME
...note the volume number of the System drive with the letter H. If, for example it's volume three type..
SELECT VOLUME 3
REMOVE LETTER=H
Thanks,
Mike
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Does it make sense to use DiskPart to fix it like this?
Absolutely. BTW; your screenshots clear a LOT of Q's up. You do want to hide the System partition letter for safety so it doesn't get 'accidentally' deleted.
The commands you wrote will do just that (you want to select Volume 4), remove letter but retain partition. I would add list volume again just to make sure before you close.
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You have an option to remove the drive letter so it won't appear on you drive list. It is not really important to see it in the list.
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mrgeek and everyone else,
Thanks. I'll do it.
Mike
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Yes. Your volume 4 is the System partition with the letter H:. As a system partition it is protected from being modified by Disk Management and most other tools. It's possible though (by inadvertently taking ownership, for example) for it to be made vulnerable to damage.
It is best that it doesn't have a drive letter. Diskpart has the power to remove the drive letter.
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