Safe To Delete Hidden Folders?
Jul 30, 2015the $windows.~BT and $windows.~ws folders. Windows 10.
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Drive 0 Partition 1: "ESP" type: (System)
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Drive 0 Partition 6: "" type: (Recovery)
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