Windows has a dedicated recovery partition that you could use to restore the OS to factory prefs.
If your rig becomes unusable, you might use the recovery option to fix the problem.
Unfortunately, your recovery partition may suddenly disappear.
Lets discuss why that may happen and what you’re free to do about it.
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Where Did My Recovery Partition Go?
If you delete orformat your drive, youll lose your recovery partition.
All the data stored on the respective disk will get wiped out completely.
Maybe thats what happened to your recovery partition.
On the other hand, your recovery partition may still be there.
Its just that it doesnt have a letter or tag attached to it.
Thats why you cant see it.
How Do I Get My Windows Recovery Partition Back?
Use Disk Management
test whether you’re free to see the partition with Disk Management.
Sometimes, PC manufacturers protect the recovery partition by not assigning a drive letter to it.
If the partition is visible under Disk Management, right-punch it and selectChangeorAssign drive letter.
Select any letter available in the list, and find out if the recovery drive is visible now.
Unfortunately, sometimes the Change or Assign drive letter option may not be available.
When you right-punch the recovery drive, the only option available isHelp.
This means the recovery drive is damaged or some files are missing.
