Confusion about partition during use of BU Imager - Unknown Partition
Confusion about partition during use of BU Imager - Unknown Partition
Correct.
As noted by SkyNetRising, the reserved partition is set.
Okay, that's informative. When you run Disk Management does it show anything like the 128mb partition? Strange they would hide it by default when it doesn't sound like altering it can cause any problem, and yet they do show the EFI which tampering with could cause problems.
Do you think this is a case of having a legitimate partition, but just something I did over time caused it not to show on Disk Management?
Either way, having looked at the wiki, it doesn't sound like it's something I need to backup.
Sure, let's clarify.
What exactly are you asking me to elaborate on?
Alright, it seems to be the MSR. SkyNetRising's link explains that makes sense since I have 8 partitions (excluding Recovery and EFI) and multiplying by 16MB gives 128MB, which matches the "Other/Data/MSR" drive.
Edit: I'm pretty sure this was just a coincidence of having 8 drives during my calculations.
Still not 100% confident about backing it up with the EFI and Recovery, but it's small and probably not a problem.
Just like any backup plan, check it out before anything goes wrong—you’ll want it to work. Confirm whether that partition is included or not, and make sure it can restore data to a completely new drive.
For roughly a decade now, I've relied on Acronis to create and restore backups for Windows 8 and 10. The company has never accessed the "data" partition or backed it up at all. It only handled EFI, Recovery, and the OS partition. Since I'm not familiar with what the "data" partition actually stores, it's hard to tell if it was necessary. I believe Acronis doesn't support Windows 11, and even if it did, its performance is quite slow, which is why I've been searching for an Imager upgrade.
I wouldn't rush to switch unless this is for a fresh setup.
Your present setup should function adequately.
It's comparable to my previous Macrium installations... "officially" not supported, yet it continues to operate smoothly.
Well, actually, it is for a new system. Guys here at Toms have been extremely helpful helping me get it together.
Still, it was time to change new system or not. The Acronis is slow, not so much in the backing up, but in the selection of the options. It takes like 3 minutes just to click on the right prompts. Something about it exploring or reading the drive. I used to know but have now forgotten the issue.
Also, I'd just much rather use something that at least claims to support Win11, and being that Hasleo is free, I think it's gonna be my choice.
I thought you had the paid version of Macrium which does support Windows 11. So far as I know only the free version does not (officially). As I mentioned, it also isn't supported or updates, not even for security issues. If you're using that then check out Hasleo.
Here, look:
https://www.macrium.com/products/home
Scroll down to end on the right under "Details..."
"Supports Windows 11 back to XP"