What Is Windows 10 System Reserved Partition?
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Is it OK to delete system reserved partition?

You can’t just delete the System Reserved partition, though. Because the boot loader files are stored on it, Windows won’t boot properly if you delete this partition. … You’ll then have to remove the System Reserved partition and enlarge your existing partition to reclaim the space.

What is the purpose of system reserved partition?

The System Reserved Partition holds the Boot Configuration Database, Boot Manager Code, Windows Recovery Environment and reserves space for the startup files which may be required by BitLocker, in case you use the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature.

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