FAT32 partition may be a utility partition which includes restore options??? Some laptops are configured that way.
I understand what you mean about fluffware. I spend a good bit of time removing it on busienss level laptops, which makes me nuts.
The restore partition was FAT32 as well, but the main Windows partition came from the factory as FAT32.
Bizarre.
It's easy enough to fix, but how many average users will pop up the command prompt and type "C:\>convert c: /fs:ntfs"?