[SOLVED] 100MB FAT32 partition on non-OS SSD?

[PiersJH]

I have five drives on my PC.

List
Disk 0: [D:] SATA Toshiba N300 8TB
Disk 1: [E:] SATA Toshiba N300 8TB
Disk 2: [T:] SATA WD Blue SSD 1TB
Disk 3: [U:] SATA WD Blue SSD 1TB
Disk 4: [C:] M.2 NVMe WD Blue 1TB

Screenshot of Disk Management


As you can see, the C drive has the expected recovery partitions created by Windows 11 upon a clean install, but I also appear to have a 100MB FAT32 partition on Disk 2 [T:]. Since that drive doesn't have Windows on it, it should be safe to move the data elsewhere, delete both partitions, , create a new partition with that extra 100MB, and then move the data back, right? Surely the 100MB FAT32 partition on Disk 2 [T:] is not required? I think it was created when I accidentally started to install Windows 11 on that drive (it's a new PC and having drives with the same model number - only one letter changed between SATA SSD and M.2 SSD - doesn't help. I cancelled installation and installed on the M.2 NVMe I'm using now to type this post.

Thank you for any assistance.

 

[USAFRet]

Did you install the OS with more than one physical drive connected?

Before deleting ANYTHING, test.
Physically disconnect all drives except Disk 4, the current C drive.
Verify the system actually boots up.
If it does, delete all you want from the others.

But do test first.

 

[PiersJH]

Did you install the OS with more than one physical drive connected?

Before deleting ANYTHING, test.
Physically disconnect all drives except Disk 4, the current C drive.
Verify the system actually boots up.
If it does, delete all you want from the others.

But do test first.

It was a new PC (all new components) and it arrived without an OS (it was tested before shipping - usually assemble my own PC but it was the only way to get a 3080 for retail cost). So, yes, to answer your question. Thanks for the advice - I've been meaning to rearrange storage somewhat as I chose a PCIe 3.0 M.2 drive and they put that in the chipset slot, rather than the one directly connected to the CPU. It doesn't appear to reduce performance but I'm convinced it should improve latency if in the first slot (B550, so 1*PCIe 4.0 M.2 from the CPU, and two PCIe 4.0 x8/one x16 from the CPU).