[SOLVED] 6827 MB WINDRIVER Basic Data Partition

Apr 14, 2021
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I've just completed a fresh Windows 10 installation on my ACER NITRO 5 laptop (which comes with a NVMe 512 GB SSD). Now I have this "WINDRIVER" partition which allocates 6827 MB out of 512 GB SSD storage:

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And it has an AUTORUN file in it along with some driver folders.

I wonder, what is this partition used for? Is it safe to remove or shrink it? If not, is there any way to make it invisible in the file explorer?

Thanks.
 
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Solution
Was that partition there before?
Seems like it was a factory thing, containing the original drivers.

To make it "invisible" in File Explorer, just remove the D drive letter.
Disk Management does that easily.