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Disk 0 partition 2
Disk 0 partition 2





disk 0 partition 2

The ESP is required to boot the computer if you install in EFI mode (which I recommend) don't try to fight its creation.

disk 0 partition 2

  • Modern Windows installers create the Microsoft Reserved partition automatically.
  • disk 0 partition 2

    My single most important recommendation is to pay attention to the installation disk to put the OS on the SSD - at least, if my inference that you've got an SSD and a hard disk is correct. The current installation seems to put the OS on the hard disk, which is sub-optimal. The usual approach on computers with both an SSD and a hard disk is to install the OS on the SSD, along with frequently-accessed data, and to use the hard disk for bigger files for which access time is less critical (backups, multimedia files, etc.). Given the disk sizes, I suspect that your first disk ("Drive 0" in Microsoft's nomenclature) is an SSD and the second disk ("Drive 1") is a hard disk.I do have a few caveats and suggestions, though: Given your stated desire to start with a fresh installation, you can do as music2myear suggests: Delete all of the partitions and start over again. 17 GB BIOS_RVY - I suspect, but am not certain, that this partition holds vendor-specific tools.Note that it's on the second of two physical disks in your computer. 915 GB data - I suspect this is the main Windows installation ( C:) partition.It's essentially what manufacturers now provide instead of a recovery/installation disc. 900 MB WinRE Tools - I'm pretty sure this is a standard set of Windows tools used for recovery purposes.237 GB primary - Given that your computer has two disks and this partition appears to be mostly empty, I suspect that this is simply the main data partition on this disk.128 MB Microsoft Reserved (MSR) - This is an empty partition that's reserved for use as "scratch space" by Windows partitioning tools.300 MB System - This is probably the EFI System Partition (ESP), which is where the boot loader lives on modern EFI-based computers.I'm not 100% sure of all of these, but my understanding or interpretation is:







    Disk 0 partition 2