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I am trying to figure out what drive/partition is this volume located.

When I right click on any drive, then Properties and then click on Optimize in the "Optimize and defragment drive" under the Tools tab:
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The first 4 partitions is obvious but how do I find out what drive/partition the last one which has the \\? goes to? Thanks!
 

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From PowerShell:
Code: 
> Get-Partition | select DiskNumber,PartitionNumber,DriveLetter,AccessPaths

DiskNumber PartitionNumber DriveLetter AccessPaths                                            
---------- --------------- ----------- -----------                                            
         0               1             {\\?\Volume{270689fc-a0ae-4182-af6c-187928079bfa}\}    
         0               2                                                                    
         0               3             {\\?\Volume{e437292a-93d4-41e1-9e41-bbe7c2ca7c60}\}    
         0               4           C {C:\, \\?\Volume{038292e1-6a8b-4dbf-9f8b-5ac4609d9f3c}\}

> Get-Volume -UniqueId '\\?\Volume{270689fc-a0ae-4182-af6c-187928079bfa}\' | Get-Partition | select DiskNumber,PartitionNumber

DiskNumber PartitionNumber
---------- ---------------
         0               1
 

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Displaying Volume Paths - Win32 apps

C++ example shows how to display all paths for each volume and device. For each volume in the system, the example locates the volume, obtains the device name, obtains all paths for that volume, and displays the paths.
learn.microsoft.com
 

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Thanks everyone, it seems like the various tools only either shows the information needed or doesn't:

diskmgnt.msc
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does not show anything related even when clicking:

MiniTool Partition Wizard:
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Click to select Partition first, Right click on Properties then choose the Partition Info tab:
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AOMEI Partition Assistant:
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Choose Partition and then right click on Properties:
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DiskGenius:
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Just click on the partition and the information shows up in the GUID path while showing Device Path, Partition GUID which is the same as the GUID Path and it shows it's the EFI FAT32 partition.

HD0 recently replaced the original HD0 which was a 1TB Toshiba SSD that was imaged and restored with Hasleo Backup Suite. I do not remember ever seeing the EFI partition in the Optimize Drives list on the 1TB Toshiba SSD as I think it's only supposed to show drives/partitions that have a drive letter assigned to it.
 

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