Do I Need a Recovery Partition in Windows 10?

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Jerry· Answered on Jan 05, 2024

Yes, it is good to keep a recovery partition.

A recovery partition is a section of your computer's system drive used to store your computer system image. Additionally, it keeps the files that can assist you in performing a system recovery in case of a disaster attack or system failure. There are two types of recovery partitions you might see on Windows 10/8/7.

Windows recovery partition

When installing Windows operating system on a hard drive and using Windows Setup to make a new partition on the MBR disk, Windows will create a system partition. In addition, if the disk is a GPT disk, Windows will also create a recovery partition as well as an EFI system partition without a drive letter.

OEM recovery partition

In addition to the Windows recovery partition, there may be another recovery partition made by the computer manufacturer. For example, Dell and Lenovo may have included an OEM recovery partition with their computers that contains the WinRE and factory installation files.

If you wonder how to create a recovery partition on your Windows 10 computer, using third-party backup software is the most efficient and easiest way. We recommend you use EaseUS Todo Backup to create a recovery partition on Windows 11/10/8/7.

EaseUS Todo Backup is an easy-to-use backup tool. It enables you to make different backups, such as system backup, file backup, disk backup, and partition backup. It allows you to perform automatic, scheduled, full, incremental, and differential backups. It also offers a security zone and 250G of free cloud storage, thus satisfying your different storage needs. You can copy a recovery partition to the USB or another hard drive and clone the recovery partition to another drive.

In a word, EaseUS Todo Backup is really an excellent tool for you to create a recovery partition on Windows 11/10/8/7. So, what are you waiting for? Download it and try it.