Windows 10: What is the purpose of so-called Recovery Partitions?

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    What is the purpose of so-called Recovery Partitions?


    I'm a little confused about the purpose and/or need for so-called Recovery Partitions which is something that first came about with Windows 10. I recently came to notice that some of my Windows 10 computers have them whereas others do not. Might this mean that Recovery Partitions are an option that can be chosen when setting up a Windows 10 or 11 I presume computer? It might be worth pointing out that I'm in the habit of setting up my own computers. The primary motive is to operate them in multi-boot mode, which is my preferred method of providing recovery capability. For example, I hav

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