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Help on Partition 1TB HDD into GPT format

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Processor Intel Core i5 4460
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Software Windows 10
Hi people, I am planning to convert a 1TB hdd into GPT format. Here's how I want to partition the disk: 450MB for WinRE, 100MB for EFI, 128MB for MSR, 5GB for Recovery, 100GB for windows and then the rest are for more partitions.
My question here, are these partion sizes okay for an UEFI Windows 10 installation? Especially, I cannot be sure how large the Recovery and WinRE, partitions should be. So some advice would be helpful.
 
When installing W10 it automatically assigns needed partitions. (450 MB for recovery; 100 MB for EFI). The rest is up to user
for
 
Yeah, I noticed that. But this page (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824839.aspx) says:
Recovery image partition

When used, this partition includes the Windows recovery image (install.wim).

The size of this partition must include space for the Windows recovery image (at least 2 GB), plus enough free space so that the partition can be captured by backup utilities:

  • It must have at least 320 MB of free space.
We recommend that it should have at least 1 GB free.​

There's the confusion.

And look here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825686.aspx
This page shows a sample script to be used with DiskPart. And it doesn't provide the size for the recovery partition.

I'm pretty much newbie in this field. So any explanation of those things would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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