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Just installed Windows 10 on a desktop and I noticed when I opened This PC I saw a drive called "BUILD PART". What is that and is it necessary?
Just installed Windows 10 on a desktop and I noticed when I opened This PC I saw a drive called "BUILD PART". What is that and is it necessary?
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What was the source media of the Windows 10 that you installed? Looks like it was probably a manufacturer's OEM disk/flash drive and it's part of the OEM software.
A 1GB Fat32 partition named BUILDPART, that's a new one to me. Google finds no references to such a partition. What build of W10 were you installing? What are the contents of D: (Buildpart)?
It was a link I got from you NavyLCDR a few months back. Do you think it would be OK to delete it?
Did the PC originally come supplied with FreeDOS? The BUILDPART partition would appear to be part of FreeDOS.
(Google Translation of a German forum) https://translate.google.co.uk/trans...33&prev=searchI bought a HP notebook without operating system (but with FreeDos), now I have a Windows 10 license bought, with the installation I am encountered on the following problem. There are 3 partitions, HPDOCS (type: primary), buildpart (type: system), and unassigned....
Did you delete all partitions on the hard drive during the install and let windows set up the entire hard drive, or did you install Windows to an existing partition?
it came on the install. I let the program mark the petitions on its own. It set up one for windows, one for recovery (which I figured is the backup) and one for BUILD PART (which I'm guessing is "build partition") which is the mystery. I have googled it and so has Bree and got nothing.
Here is the download link I used for Windows 10 Download Windows 10
...except for a reference to FreeDOS - hence my question 'did it come with FreeDos?' and NavyLCDR's 'Did you delete all partitions on the hard drive during the install'? Probably not, judging by the RECOVERY (E:) (OEM partition) shown in your screenshot. What system was on the PC before you started?
Apart from the EFI System Partition I would have thought all the others should have been deleted before installing.
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