yes, you will get a recovery partition - you will not get the windriver partition.
WINDRIVE Partition
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Hello, after I bought a new laptop Acer Aspire 7 A715-75G I've installed Windows 10. On the installation menu partition manager told me that Windows will created additional partitions I clicked Ok and MSR 16 MB and WINDRIVER 8 GB partition were created. I wanted to test something and I've reinstalled Windows 10 on same laptop and I deleted all previous partitions. After that I clicked Ok when Windows asked me about additional partition that will be created and I was surprise that WINDRIVER wasn't there. Why this happened and how can I get it back that WINDRIVER partition on the list?
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CrazyKats 19,595 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2021-03-20T22:43:44+00:00 And you were given answers to both questions.
Please stop creating new threads.
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Anonymous
2021-03-20T22:34:12+00:00 No is not.
1 thread is about WINDRIVE partition
2 thread is about REMOVING Windows boot manager bios
Don't confuse people.
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Johnny55 5,155 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2021-03-20T22:30:48+00:00 The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) shell is effectively a small operating system built into the system motherboard. This provides an environment for troubleshooting and maintenance outside of the operating system.
The EFI Shell is a shell (think of a command prompt or a terminal shell) that a (U)EFI BIOS can directly boot into (instead of your OS) allowing control and scripting of many items including booting scenarios,
As mentioned previously by Sumit, once a partition is deleted, it is gone. By re-installing, you effectively wiped out any recovery option.
By the way, this entire thread is off topic, this is not a Windows Insider issue for the Forum you posted in.
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CrazyKats 19,595 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2021-03-20T22:27:27+00:00 I am combining these 2 threads because you are
basically asking the same question in a different way.