EaseUS partition manager question.

[Bastet]

Hi, has anyone use EaseUS partition manager to expand their Recovery partition? How did it go?
I’ve used this to automatically increase the partition & found several curiosities. 1: It adds a drive letter to System reserved partition (Z) & to the recovery partition (G), the Z partition then shows as a drive under Windows. I can remove this drive letter but the G drive letter only shows under Macrium Reflect when running backup.
Also the text on the recovery partition is deleted so where it usually Says ‘Recovery’ & underneath ‘Healthy’ ‘Recovery Partition’ this is now missing under drive manager. EaseUS state there’s no problems but I disagree.

This before running EaseUS:
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And after:

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Is this normal for partitioning software or am I being misled by EaseUS support?

[Bastet]

More screenshots if required.

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[Bruce]

EaseUS partition manager is my go-to program for playing with partitions.
but I NEVER touch the Recovery partition.
or any of the Windows created ones, unless I’m wiping the drive anyways, I’ve never seen the space benefit.
been bitten before!

[Bastet]

I wouldn’t normally but after the Windows 11 upgrade is was showing red/running out of space so decided to extend the partition.
I have restored everything via Macrium & tried Minitool & this works fine So there’s certainly a problem with EaseUS.

[Bruce]

yeah I’ve seen that before.
Windows usually only makes enough space in the Recovery partition that it needs, and adds like 10% for leeway.
if space gets critical, it’ll look after it itself.
I’ve never worried about it.

sounds like EaseUS shouldn’t be touching it either.

[Bastet]

I’m thinking that too. EaseUS support is terrible, they’re saying it is normal but when pushed they’re now saying they’re sending the feedback to R&D to see if there’s a bug.
I’m going to roll back & leave it.

[PeterOz]

I’m going to roll back & leave it.

Smart move

[Bruce]

+1

[Bruce]

I’ll close this as solved.
PM me if you would like further posts.