Can't remove recovery partition
Solution 1
WARNING YOU CAN REALLY MESS UP YOUR COMPUTER IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY, IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THIS THEN I SUGGEST YOU DON'T, ALSO I SUGGGEST YOU BACKUP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU BEGIN
- go to start and type
cmd
(this is called command prompt) - In command prompt type
diskpart
and hit enter - type
list disk
and hit enter - From the list of disks find the one you want to work with (I believe in your case there is only one so it should be easy)
- once you find the drive you are looking for type
select disk <numberofdrive>
- now type
list partition
and find the partition you want to work with - once you have identified the partition in question type
select partition <numberofpartition>
- now type
delete partition
(WARNING ONCE YOU DO THIS THERE IS NO GOING BACK) and hit enter , if it says "cannot delete a protected partition..." usedelete partition override
(Note you will also have to repeat these steps with the partition in front of the recovery partition if you plan on extending the system volume) - once it is finish type
exit
and hit enter - go back to diskmanager
- right click on the C: volume and click extend
Solution 2
To delete a partition that refuses to delete, use diskpart
in the Command Prompt for this operation:
First launch Command Prompt, or press Windows Key + R to bring up Run. In Run, type "CMD" without the quotes. Make sure you are Admistrator.
Command Prompt should pop up. With command prompt open, type
diskpart
In the User Account Control, either sign in as an admin if you are already not or press yes if you already are.
Another command prompt window should come up, this is the Windows Disk Partition Editor. In this command prompt type
list disk
.A list of all your disks should come up.
Then, select the disk you are using (in this case disk 0) by typing
select disk 0
. Disk 0 should be selected.Then, to list partitions, do
list partition
it will then bring up a list of all the partitions. Then to select the partition you want to delete, find the number of the partition (like Partition 1 or Partition 2 or whatever partition one of your recovery partitions are) and type `select partition '. This will select your partition.Then, to delete the partition that you cannot delete in the graphical user interface, type 'delete partition override'. This command force deletes the selected partition (the recovery one you selected).
Repeat steps 7-8 for the other ones.
In the screen you started with (out of the command prompt now) you should notice a black volume on your C: Drive. Right click on the and click New Simple Volume.
Proceed
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Mr. Boy
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Mr. Boy almost 2 years
My laptop originally came with Win 8.1, the 64Gb drive has a 15Gb recovery partition. I've since upgraded to Windows 10 so I don't think this recovery partition makes much sense - anyway I could do with the space!
This question guided me to the Win10 disk management tool: How to join two primary partitions windows 10
However right-clicking on my D: drive I get no options other than 'help' in the context menu...
Is there an easy way I can delete D: so I can extend C: onto it? Why is it not being permitted?
As a side question, what are the random unnamed partitions of a few hundred Mb each?