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January 28th, 2021 08:00

what is winretools?

what is winretools,It has apperead has a new drive,I haven't done any partition on my HDD,just updated my support assistant 
can anyone tell me why has this appeared and what do I do next,should I delete it or just leave it?

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February 2nd, 2021 06:00

Try the following to "hide" Drive H:

Right-click the Start button and click "Command Prompt (Admin)"

At the Command Prompt type the following and press "Enter":

mountvol H:\ /D

Close the command prompt.

Here is some info on Mountvol, it is very powerful be cautious using it:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490934.aspx

 

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January 28th, 2021 11:00

quoting Saltgrass on his reply to your query: "winretools is the partition the system boots to for the repair tools in case of problems with the system. It is one of the Win 10 critical partitions." I suggest you leave it ...

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February 9th, 2021 06:00

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February 20th, 2022 09:00

The same happened with me too, I just had a fresh recovery install and was downloading the drivers from the Dell website and got a notification that you have a new drive naming winretools, can you please let me know why this appeared?

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