Qosmio X500/02 - Question about partition

Hello Forum,
I have a just purchased a Qosmio X500/02 notebook and have noticed on one of the HDD, a partition having the specs. of
NTFS (System) Pri. Act. and a size of 1.465 GB.
Is this partition created in order to use the built-in backup and restore utility?
Regards JohnBoy_Oz

Hi buddy,
Normally you have at least two partitions on your notebook. The first partition contains the Windows installation from Toshiba with all drivers and tools.
The second partition contains a folder called HDDrecovery. These files are necessary for HDD recovery option to restore factory settings on your notebook.
Usually the first partition is called WINDOWS and the second one Data.
Does the partition that you mean contain a folder called HDDrecovery or not?
As Jeka wrote, create the Toshiba recovery disk as fast as possible. It can restore factory settings all the time.

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