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X: drive PRB Image shows red almost full, what is this?

Anonymous
2014-01-04T17:27:17+00:00

Just installed Windows 8.1, now see an X: PRB Image with 275 MB free of 13.5 GB in red.  What is this, how do I fix it? Does it need fixed?

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-02-01T07:34:32+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for the reply.

    PBR Image drive and WINRETOOLS drive are the recovery partitions and contain the recovery image (PBR Image) and Windows Recovery Environment tools (WINRETOOLS). The reason why it is showing in red is that this drive had got very little free space.They are important for recovering the system in case of a software issue and should not be deleted.

    The PBR  and WINRETOOLS drives are provided by Dell. I would suggest you to create a recovery drive. Follow the steps given in the link below.

    Create a USB recovery drive

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive

    Feel free to write to us if you face any further issues related to Windows.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-06T15:58:10+00:00
    • Whew, here is the image, so this is an extra drive but I don't know what it is or means.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-04T04:27:50+00:00

    can I delete the image to save data as i have recovered successfully and i don''t need other back saved things so can i delete it ?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-10T17:04:23+00:00

    1.  The installation of Windows 8.1 was an automatic download from Microsoft Windows giving me a short time to download the product for free.  I just hit the download button.

    2.  Partitions:  OS C: 855 GB free of 916GB

        Local Disk W:  56.2 MB free of 349MB

      PRB Image X:  275 MB free of 13.5 GB (this is the red one)

      Winretoools Y:  224 MB free of 499 MB

      Local Disc Z:  56.2 MB free of 349 MB

    3.  Total memory when purchased was 6 GB with Hard Drive of 1 TB

    4.  Bought in 2013 Dell XPS One 2710 Model 4DM

    Thanks for taking time to ask for more information.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-05T06:53:50+00:00

    Hi,

    It appears that you have installed Windows 8.1 and it shows 75 MB free of 13.5 GB in red.

    For better understanding of the issue, please post the screenshots of the issue.

    You may use the following to post the screenshots.

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_other-windows_programs/how-to-include-a-screenshot-in-your-post/2594b08e-32a3-476a-85a6-b021181be7e4

    Please post more information about the status and we will be glad to assist you further.

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