The Read-only attribute protects data stored on Hard Disk. This article shows how to make disk or disk partition read-only in Windows 11/10.

Learn how to safely delete Recovery Partition in Windows 11/10. If your hard disk has multiple Recovery Partitions, you can delete the useless one.

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It doesn't ask you to verify, so now apparently my removable USB HD is set as my active partition. Which wouldn't be a problem, except that Windows won't let me change it back.