

OEM recovery partition requires 7-20GB, much more capacity than 100-450MB asked by the Windows recovery partition on the system disk. The capacity they need on the disk is also different. The other one, the OEM recovery partition designed by manufacturers, enables you to hit a particular key (typically F9 for HP and F12 for Dell) to restore your machine to factory default settings. When glitches occur, users can boot into the Windows recovery environment ( WinRE) to restore their computer via the Windows recovery partition. In the Windows system, generally, there are two types of recovery partitions: Windows recovery partition and computer manufacturer recovery partition ( OEM recovery partition). So, first, let’s see more details about the recovery partition. Some might have two recovery partitions on their Windows PC, while the other might have only one but occupies much free capacity on the disk.

Many users have this problem due to a lack of basic knowledge of the recovery partition.
