
If you want to hide it, basically the same as the steps of unhide, the only different is the last step: type remove letter=e, the e is the drive letter of the recovery partition. Then type assign: the system will assign a drive letter automatically.Īfter these commands, you can see the recovery partition in Windows Explorer.


Type select partition m, where m is the number of the Dell/Asus/HP recovery partition. Type list partition to show all the partitions on the selected MBR/GPT hard disk. Input select disk n, where is n is the number of the hard disk that the recovery partition on it. Type list disk command to list all your hard disks in the computer. Input cmd into Windows search box to open the Command Prompt. You could unhide the recovery partition on a basic disk with DiskPart: Unhide Recovery Partition with DiskPart Command Please make in mind, it’s not recommended to unhide hidden recovery partition in case the Windows operating system cannot restore. Under some circumstances, you may want to unhide recovery partition there are two ways to meet your needs in Windows 7/8/10 OS. Just go: This PC> Manage to open Computer Management, then select Storage> Disk Management.

In most cases, the recovery partition is hidden by default in case of unintentional deletion and formation, and you can’t see the recovery partition in Windows Explorer (File Explorer), the only way you can see the partition at that time is Disk Management. WinRE is short for Windows Recovery Environment, and preloaded by the manufacturer (like Dell, Asus, HP, etc.) of your computer, or created automatically when installing a Windows operating system on a GPT hard disk with Windows Setup, which can repair the unbootable issues. Recovery Partition is a part of hard disk, which is hold the image file for your Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11operating system, known as WinRE.
