DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
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Partition 1 System 500 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 OEM 40 MB 501 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 541 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 490 MB 669 MB
Partition 5 Primary 920 GB 1159 MB
Partition 6 Recovery 350 MB 921 GB
Partition 7 Recovery 9 GB 921 GB
Above is the list of partitions on my system that I recently upgraded to Windows 8.1. Why are there multiple recovery partitions (4,6,7)? Shouldn't there be just one recovery partition? And what is the Reserved partition (#3) for?
Of the partitions 4,6 and 7 , only #4 shows any meaningful label:
Partition 4
Type : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
Hidden : Yes
Required: Yes
Attrib : 0X8000000000000001
Offset in Bytes: 701497344
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
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* Volume 4 WINRETOOLS NTFS Partition 490 MB Healthy Hidden