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Random new drive after windows update

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Hey guys,

 

I've seen at least one other post about this problem but there wasn't really a fix in the comments, sooooo

 

After this recent windows 10 update I got there's a new drive shown in the file explorer.

It's a 449 mb drive with only 43.9 mb of free space.

I'm really damn sure it's a virtual drive, since I haven't added any drive. 

Do they even make usb sticks that size nowadays?

 

How do I get rid of this annoying little fella?

I get a notification every 2-3 minutes that "the drive is full". It's really annoying.

 

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That is the Windows recovery partition (not like its actually good for anything though) 

 

This is a well known bug with the Windows 1803 update and as far as I know the only way to fix it is to roll back until Microsoft fixes their broke ass OS xD 

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1 hour ago, Snipergod87 said:

Its a windows recovery or boot partition, open disk management and right click on that partition, change drive letter and remove the driver letter, super simple.

I can't really do anything in the disk management window. 

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2 hours ago, Bazzz said:

I can't really do anything in the disk management window. 

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Looks like those settings are correct though, I think its because your "Recovery" (Herstel) partition just haves 13% left, Mine has over 90% left and haves the same size. But that can also be computer brand related thing, so I don't know for real if that would be a problem for a Recovery partition.

You shouldn't mess with those settings a lot though, But what do these unnamed partitions tell you?
I have 2 OEM partitions (Recovery + No name/hidden) and a EFI System Partition, So if it is like that there shouldn't be a problem

and then it probably is just a windows glitch, the only way to fix it then is rolling back your update or receiving a new update...
 

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