Local Disk E

Anonymous
2018-05-01T11:19:11+00:00

I updated to the Creators Spring 1803 update yesterday.  Everything seems to be fine although I have not done much since updating.  However I notice in windows explorer under Local disk C another entry for Local disk E?  It is for 449mb in size with 42.9mb free space left.  It opens to show nothing saying the folder is empty.  What is it ?  Anything to do with the update or can I just delete it?

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2018-05-01T12:11:33+00:00

Yes, it is 3 in your case. It can vary to a system by system.

Correct squence:

diskpart

list volume

select volume 3

remove letter="E"

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2018-05-01T11:34:59+00:00

This is one of the known issues I am seeing with the update as Recovery partition should be hidden and is accidentally assigned a drive letter.

Right-click Start>Command Prompt(admin)

Type in the following:

diskpart

list volume

select volume 3

Replace 3 with the number of the volume which is assigned a drive letter. (In hundreds of MBs)

remove letter="G"

Replace G with the Recovery drive letter.

Don't worry, removing a drive letter would not cause any harm to your device.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-09-20T06:38:44+00:00

    Yes it did !

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-09-20T19:20:04+00:00

    When you format a hard drive you don't actually erase the hard drive of data, you only erase the location information for the data, making it "lost" to the operating system. Since the operating system can't see the data, the drive looks empty when you look at its contents.

    However, all the data is still there and, can be recovered using plan software or hardware. 

    What is the purpose of the information on the E-Disk ?

    Why don`t Microsoft tell us more about it ?

    Is it secret ?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-09-21T00:25:18+00:00

    It remains inadvisable & irresponsible to format a partition before identifying it, whether or not a 3rd-party tool can recover it. This very thread says what the new one is & what to do.

    For some, the upgrade to 1803 put a letter E: on its new Recovery Tools partition. (The old one of the prior Windows version remains, but is emptied.) The new one is made by shrinking C: for space & will appear after C: in a List Part, identified as Primary & its huge size...

    Here is an elegant way to be rid of the letter...

    DiskPart

    Select  Vol  E

    Remove  Letter=E

    Exit

    The Recovery Tools partition is what boots when Shift+Restart is clicked.

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