Hi,
I got a new M.2 2280 PCI Gen 4 WD NVMe SSD, replaced by a Dell tech at my office.
He did a W10 install, using MBR I think.
On my insistence I asked him to do a W11 clean install using my Rufus thumb drive. He changed the settings of it to from GPT to MBR (while was occupied).
After he left, I saw these 4 partitions vs. 3. With M2. PCI Gen 3 using the same thumb drive I used to get only 3 partitions.
Created a new Rufus with GPT enabled and installed W11 Pro and still see 4 partitions vs. 3?
My question is is to do with Gen 4 drive, BIOS or didn't create a proper Rufus bootable W11 GPT?
Hoping to hear from the experts.
Thanks.
Attaching the screenshot for your views!
Attachment shows' GPT...What are the #1, 2, and 4 partitions?
I got a new M.2 2280 PCI Gen 4 WD NVMe SSD, replaced by a Dell tech at my office.
He did a W10 install, using MBR I think.
On my insistence I asked him to do a W11 clean install using my Rufus thumb drive. He changed the settings of it to from GPT to MBR (while was occupied).
After he left, I saw these 4 partitions vs. 3. With M2. PCI Gen 3 using the same thumb drive I used to get only 3 partitions.
Created a new Rufus with GPT enabled and installed W11 Pro and still see 4 partitions vs. 3?
My question is is to do with Gen 4 drive, BIOS or didn't create a proper Rufus bootable W11 GPT?
Hoping to hear from the experts.
Thanks.
Attaching the screenshot for your views!
Attachment shows' GPT...What are the #1, 2, and 4 partitions?
- Windows Build/Version
- 22621.900
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296).
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron i5 5510
- CPU
- core i7 11th gen
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4 @3200 MHz
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB SSD M.2 NVMe
- Keyboard
- Dell Premier Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard and Mouse – KM7321W
- Browser
- Brave.
- Other Info
- Edifier speakers. (Thanks to @Edwin).
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- Operating System
- W11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- XPS Special Edition
- CPU
- 11th Gen Intel® Core i7-11700 processor
- Memory
- 32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, dual channel
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6
- Hard Drives
- 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD