Greetings, here is the situation:
I was running Windows 8 and decided to move up to Windows 10. I went ahead and formatted the partitions on my SSD—standard procedure—but I left the hard drive untouched. Once the Windows 10 installation wrapped up, I checked "Devices and Drives," and there it was: that hard drive partition showing up alongside the others, but flagged as System Reserved and claiming 395/465 GB of space—even though the drive is actually empty.
After what I assume were a few restarts—though why anyone would bother with such repetitive cycles is beyond me—it seems the System Reserved partition, sitting there at about 350 MB, has appeared out of nowhere. Meanwhile, those other 465 MB partitions? They’ve vanished.
Does anyone have any actual suggestions on how to proceed? I’ve gone ahead and downloaded EaseUS Partition Master, and while it’s sitting right here in front of me—staring back—I’m still at a loss as to what the next move should be. Here is the current view:
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated—thanks!