I have two recovery partitions...? help me understand

[Vitte]

I just finished installing Windows 8 OS onto my notebook's SSD; this is a fresh/clean install (no cloning, no data transfer) using a Windows 8 OEM disc.

I then upgraded to Windows 8.1

Strangely, I have two Recovery Partitions; one is 300MB and the other is 450MB; I do not know if the second one was created after upgrading to 8.1, but searching the web it appears to be the reason why.

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I installed, and attempted to "over provision" my SSD 840 Pro using Samsung Magician, but it will not over provision. It says "unable to access the last volume".

Going to my CP > Disk Management I see four partitions (listed in order):
1st: 300MB recovery partition
2nd: 99MB EFI system partition
3rd: (C primary partition
4th: 450MB recovery partition

Is that last recovery partition not letting me set up over provision in Samsung Magician?

I am wondering why that partition is there; I successfully Secure Erased the SSD (moving from a desktop) before installing it into my notebook, during the installation there where no extra partitions. Reading online, I'm assuming the 8.1 update created it... strange.

Again, this is a fresh install with a OEM disc. Can I safely delete the second recovery partition? Although, Disk Management will not let me do so.

 

[Vitte]

I just noticed my partition is strangely named in the optimized/de-fragmentation manager.

"(C)"
"Recovery"
"\\?\Volume{274a..."

As you can see, one of the recovery partition is strangely named.

I would post a screen snapshot, but imageshack email verification is taking forever.