

As a result, you may have more than one copy of Windows Recovery Partition on your hard disk. The recovery drive contains the previous state. What is the difference between Windows Recovery Partition and HP Recovery Partition? In a nutshell, Windows creates a recovery environment every time when it upgrades to a newer version. The intention of HP Recovery Partition is to make sure you can restore the PC to proper operation if you have a problem with the operating system and device drivers. The drive shows as D drive in Windows File Explorer, usually on HP Pavilion x2, HP Stream 13, etc. In general, HP Recovery Partition is a small partition, about 5GB to 10GB in size, containing a copy of all software installed at the factory including the Microsoft Operating System and supplemental products. Before you start to remove HP Recovery Partition, you may wonder what the partition is.
