Inexplicable Drive Showed up in Windows Explorer.

[Sukhoikip]

It will not allow me access to it. It has been assigned the letter F as its address and ESP as its name. Its size is 296MB, of which 49.2 have been used. After a little bit of figuring out what it is, I found that it is the partion of the main drive, an HDD. However, its file system is listed as FAT32, like a removable drive. It showed up while I was actively using my laptop, not after rebooting if for an update. Should I be worried about this or is it harmless?

 

[nitrium]

It will not allow me access to it. It has been assigned the letter F as its address and ESP as its name. Its size is 296MB, of which 49.2 have been used. After a little bit of figuring out what it is, I found that it is the partion of the main drive, an HDD. However, its file system is listed as FAT32, like a removable drive. It showed up while I was actively using my laptop, not after rebooting if for an update. Should I be worried about this or is it harmless?

Probably harmless. ESP stands for EFI System Partition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_system_partition
http://www.howtogeek.com/215349/how-to-remove-an-efi-system-partition-or-gpt-protective-partition-from-a-drive-in-windows/