Can Win7 hidden partitions be deleted?

  
When installing Win7, the system will automatically add a partition in front of the C drive. The partition system will be divided into 100MB or 200MB. The partition size does not matter, but the partition cannot be installed because the space is too small. This partition belongs to system space and is hidden because the system does not assign a drive letter to this partition. This partition contains the system's partition list and boot area, and through this hidden partition, provides users with BitLocker drive encryption.
The format of this partition is NTFS, there is no disk label and no drive letter is assigned, and its disk status is described as: system, activity, primary partition. Because there is no drive letter, it is not visible in the resource manager.
This 100MB or 200MB hidden partition is critical for Windows 7, which saves information about the system boot file and the disk boot sector. If it is lost or destroyed, it will be catastrophic for Windows 7. In general, saving Win7 boot files in a hidden partition undoubtedly enhances its security. However, because the target is single, it is also easy to be the target of the attack. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not assign a drive letter to the hidden partition, so that it can prevent human or virus Trojans from causing damage to a large extent.
In fact, Microsoft's hidden partition launched on Win7 is also learned from Linux. Because Linux has designed this hidden partition as early as the previous version.

Hidden partitions that can be seen after installation

Drive encryption provided by hidden partitions

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