This issue occurs when the IOCTL operation is used. Disk Management tools report an additional partition of the type UNKNOWN on GPT disks. It is a 256 KB snapshot partition and used in the restore process.
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Resolution
The additional partition of the type UNKNOWN on GPT disks is an expected behavior and can be safely ignored.