Recovery Partition
Recovery Partition is a part of hard disk, which is hold the image file for your
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 operating system, known as WinRE. WinRE is short for Windows
Recovery Environment, and preloaded by the manufacturer (like Dell, Asus, HP, etc.)
of your computer, or created automatically when installing a Windows operating
system on a GPT hard disk with Windows Setup, which can repair the unbootable
issues.
In most cases, the recovery partition is hidden by default in case of unintentional
deletion and formation, and you can’t see the recovery partition in Windows Explorer
(File Explorer), the only way you can see the partition at that time is Disk
Management. Just go: This PC>Manage to openComputer Management, then select Storage> Disk
Management.
Under some circumstances, you may want to unhide recovery partition; there are two
ways to meet your needs in Windows 7/8/10 OS. Please make in mind, it’s not
recommended to unhide hidden recovery partition in case the Windows operating system
cannot restore.
Unhide Recovery Partition with DiskPart Command
you could unhide the recovery partition on a basic disk with DiskPart:
Input cmd into Windows search box to open the Command
Prompt.
Then type diskpart.
Type list disk command to list all your hard disks in
the computer.
Input select disk n, where is n is the number of the hard
disk that the recovery partition on it.
Type list partition to show all the partitions on the
selected MBR/GPT hard disk.
Type select partition m, where m is the number of the
Dell/Asus/HP recovery partition.
Then type assign: the system will assign a drive letter
automatically.

After these commands, you can see the recovery partition in Windows Explorer. If you
want to hide it, basically the same as the steps of unhide, the only different is
the last step: type remove letter=e, the e is the drive letter of
the recovery partition.
Another Convenient Way to Unhide
Another reliable way to unhide recovery partition is taking advantage of AOMEI Partition Assistant, which
is a powerful disk partitioning software for Windows users, and fully supports
Windows 10, 8, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP, all 32-bit and 64-bit editions included. This
software offers many advanced functions to manage hard disk, including hide/unhide,
extend, resize, format, check, delete partitions, and NTFS to FAT32 converter,
migrate OS to SSD, convert
disk between MBR and GPT without losing data, and more.
Below we will try to describe how to unhide the recovery partition on GPT hard disk
with details.
Step1: Download AOMEI Partition Assistant,
install and launch the program. On the main window, click the recovery partition and
select Unhide under the left Partition Operations panel,
or right click the recovery partition, select Advanced>Unhide at
the drop-down menu.

Step 2: At the next window, click OK to continue.

Step 3: Check the result of Pending Operations and
the changes of recovery partition. Then click Apply on the toolbar
to show recovery partition and hidden files in Windows 7/8/10.

With the help of AOMEI Partition Assistant, you will find unhide recovery partition
has been successfully and the recovery partition is visible in File Explorer. Please
note that do not delete and format this partition to prevent from stucking in the
unbootable situations, or you can hide partition. For
server users, the AOMEI
Partition Assistant Server is more suitable for you with all advanced
features, like dynamic disks and dynamic volumes management, convert primary to
logical and vice versa, etc.