There is a 4
GB recovery partition that can be removed to reclaim that extra space but that makes restoring difficult as the Dell only has one USB port and requires power to perform the restore and with reports suggesting that powering the device while connected to a USB OTG cable isn't possible a restore from USB will prove tricky.
Not exact matches
The rest is taken up by the full Windows 8 Pro install, preinstalled apps and a
recovery partition, which make up for the 41
GB occupied.
The 32
GB storage might shock some of you but
recovery partition removal, saving to microSD or OneDrive is easy and clearing temporary files isn't a problem.
On Microsoft's Surface Pro, the
recovery partition takes up about 8 - 10
GB.
The
Recovery partition takes up 7.81
GB of disk space.
Factoring in the space filled by the operating system — Windows 8 (64 - bit)-- along with a
recovery partition and preinstalled programs and apps, you'll only have about 60
GB of free space out of the box.
The system comes with Windows 8.1 Pro pre-installed, with a USB stick instead of a
recovery partition on the 256
GB solid - state drive (SSD).