Macrium Partition Listing

VanguardLH wrote in :

Don't know if this will work (haven't tried this). Open a command shell
with elevated privileges. Enter the following command:

mountvol

Do all of the mountpoints have a drive letter assigned, or are some just
volume IDs (without a drive letter)? For those without a drive letter,
and even those with, you can load them into Windows/File Explorer by
using the volume ID. For example, hit Win+R to open the Run dialog, and
enter the volume ID, like:

Run
Open: \\?\Volume{e9724b21-b916-4664-8a42-99da6b504a5c}\

Copy the complete volume ID from the mountvol list, and paste into the
Run dialog. If the partition has a known partition type and is
supported by the OS, the volume should get listed in File Explorer.

Hi,
Like I said to Paul last night, I've been off the grid for about two weeks,
and couldn't reply until now. Your response was very helpful. Here's what
I found before I left:

https://postimg.cc/gallery/rrRLkq6

mountvol gave me six possible values for mounting locations

In order of listing:

1) \\?\Volume{bc1309e6-df84-4157-a35d-8a98e700b3f9}\
C:\
The above gave me my C drive with all folders.

2) \\?\Volume{62116bcb-55ac-4641-b9e7-0924d2e62ba8}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
The above gave me "This folder is empty".

3) \\?\Volume{56570f5d-4684-44fa-a9b3-75f9b43a169a}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
The above gave me a single 11.2 GB (Eureka) folder named "Image". Image
contains nine files. One is named "diskpart.txt". This file is date
stamped 3/23/16. I purchased the laptop on 3/18/16, and I think I launched
it for the first time three days later. Notepad shows the contents of the
file (image URL provided), which I suppose is the commands initiated when I
launched/set up Windows 10 for the first time. Yes? By the way, going to
the the id xxxxxx6ac returns "Unavailable".

4) \\?\Volume{647d0cea-bb6c-11ea-8ed0-847beb199e33}\
E:\
The above is my USB flash drive. I can access all folders/files on it.

5) \\?\Volume{7aad4600-70f6-4dad-8417-69c31f8224fc}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
The above is the 500 MB EFI (ESP) system partition. I'm at first denied
access, but soldiering through gets me to at least the properties sheet.

6) \\?\Volume{4d066c69-92f9-11ea-8ebf-806e6f6e6963}\
D:\
The above is my optical drive, which is not loaded (empty). The message
returned is "Location is not available. The drive is not ready."


Are you using any 3rd party file versioning software?

Nope.

Some will create
a partition that has no drive letter assigned, but they can also change
the partition type number to something not recognized. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit..._partition_IDs

Not assigning a drive letter hides a partition from normal access.
Giving it a non-standard partition type prevents many tools from not
accessing the partition. They don't know what it is, so they don't
touch it. For example, Acronis TrueImage has its Secure Zone and
Paragon Backup & Restore has its similar feature (because devs left
Acronis to go to Paragon and brought the technique with them). That is
a partition with no drive letter and some oddball partition type
assigned to in in the partition record in the partition table.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronis_Secure_Zone
Technical Details
Although the Acronis Secure Zone has its own partition type, it is
actually just a rebadged FAT32 partition labeled ACRONIS SZ, with
"partition type" code set to 0xBC.

Backup programs other than Acronis have used this scheme. To get at the
partition, you use a partition manager/editor and alter the partition
type value in the partition record in the partition table to the value
for a FAT32 partition.

I think I could eliminate that 11.2 GB partition and allocate it to C:
But, I also think I could mess up the partitions such I couldn't log back
in,and that only a cloned drive could get me back to today. I don't need
the space, and a man's got to know his limitations.

Thanks.

Boris wrote in
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VanguardLH wrote in :

Don't know if this will work (haven't tried this). Open a command
shell with elevated privileges. Enter the following command:

mountvol

Do all of the mountpoints have a drive letter assigned, or are some
just volume IDs (without a drive letter)? For those without a drive
letter, and even those with, you can load them into Windows/File
Explorer by using the volume ID. For example, hit Win+R to open the
Run dialog, and enter the volume ID, like:

Run
Open: \\?\Volume{e9724b21-b916-4664-8a42-99da6b504a5c}\

Copy the complete volume ID from the mountvol list, and paste into
the Run dialog. If the partition has a known partition type and is
supported by the OS, the volume should get listed in File Explorer.

Hi,
Like I said to Paul last night, I've been off the grid for about two
weeks, and couldn't reply until now. Your response was very helpful.
Here's what I found before I left:

https://postimg.cc/gallery/rrRLkq6

mountvol gave me six possible values for mounting locations

In order of listing:

1) \\?\Volume{bc1309e6-df84-4157-a35d-8a98e700b3f9}\
C:\
The above gave me my C drive with all folders.

2) \\?\Volume{62116bcb-55ac-4641-b9e7-0924d2e62ba8}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
The above gave me "This folder is empty".

3) \\?\Volume{56570f5d-4684-44fa-a9b3-75f9b43a169a}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
The above gave me a single 11.2 GB (Eureka) folder named "Image".
Image contains nine files. One is named "diskpart.txt". This file is
date stamped 3/23/16. I purchased the laptop on 3/18/16, and I think
I launched it for the first time three days later. Notepad shows the
contents of the file (image URL provided), which I suppose is the
commands initiated when I launched/set up Windows 10 for the first
time. Yes? By the way, going to the the id xxxxxx6ac returns
"Unavailable".

4) \\?\Volume{647d0cea-bb6c-11ea-8ed0-847beb199e33}\
E:\
The above is my USB flash drive. I can access all folders/files on
it.

5) \\?\Volume{7aad4600-70f6-4dad-8417-69c31f8224fc}\
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***
The above is the 500 MB EFI (ESP) system partition. I'm at first
denied access, but soldiering through gets me to at least the
properties sheet.

6) \\?\Volume{4d066c69-92f9-11ea-8ebf-806e6f6e6963}\
D:\
The above is my optical drive, which is not loaded (empty). The
message returned is "Location is not available. The drive is not
ready."


Are you using any 3rd party file versioning software?

Nope.

Some will create
a partition that has no drive letter assigned, but they can also
change the partition type number to something not recognized. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit..._partition_IDs

Not assigning a drive letter hides a partition from normal access.
Giving it a non-standard partition type prevents many tools from not
accessing the partition. They don't know what it is, so they don't
touch it. For example, Acronis TrueImage has its Secure Zone and
Paragon Backup & Restore has its similar feature (because devs left
Acronis to go to Paragon and brought the technique with them). That
is a partition with no drive letter and some oddball partition type
assigned to in in the partition record in the partition table.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronis_Secure_Zone
Technical Details
Although the Acronis Secure Zone has its own partition type, it is
actually just a rebadged FAT32 partition labeled ACRONIS SZ, with
"partition type" code set to 0xBC.

Backup programs other than Acronis have used this scheme. To get at
the partition, you use a partition manager/editor and alter the
partition type value in the partition record in the partition table
to the value for a FAT32 partition.

I think I could eliminate that 11.2 GB partition and allocate it to C:
But, I also think I could mess up the partitions such I couldn't log
back in,and that only a cloned drive could get me back to today. I
don't need the space, and a man's got to know his limitations.

Thanks.


I forgot to mention

The diskpart.txt found in the Image folder has a date stamp of 3/23/16
5:06:41 PM.

There is also a diskpart.txt file found at the C: mounting point, C:
\Recovery\OEM, with a date stamp of 3/23/16 5:13:53 PM.

The contents of both files are the same.