How To Remove The Recovery Partition

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BonusQuestion: Why did Windows 7 create a "Recovery Partition"?

Bonus Question: How do you create, or re-create, a "Recovery Partition" on a hard drive that does not have one?

If you want to remove the recovery partition from your PC and free up disk space, tap or click Delete the recovery partition. Then tap or click Delete. This will free up the disk space used to store your recovery image. When the removal is done, tap or click Finish.

The above output indicates that Recovery Agent is configured to use that partition. In the above output, note that harddisk0 (indicating disk 0) and partition4 (indicating partition 4). This should correlate to information you will use in the later diskpart commands. To disable Recovery Agent on this partition, run reagentc /disable in an Administrator Command Prompt:

The above output indicates that the Recovery Agent is disabled. Notice specifically that there is no indication of a partition being used. Now the Recovery partition no longer serves a purpose, so it can be removed using diskpart. Launch diskpart in an Administrator Command Prompt:

Now seek out the partition we want to remove. This should be the partition shown in the first reagentc /info command. In our example, it was partition 4. Use the list partition command to list the partitions:

From the above output, it should be clear which partition is the recovery partition. The partition number should match the output from reagentc /info command earlier and it should show in the listing as a Recovery partition. In this example, we were expecting partition 4 and our listing showed that partition 4 is indeed a Recovery partition. Select this partition using select partition partition number. In our example, partition number is 4:

Now you can delete that partition. Note that the following command uses the override parameter. Be careful and double check what you are doing. The override parameter means we are performing an operation which DiskPart thinks is dangerous. Recall that the partition we are removing was originally used for the Recovery Agent environment which we disabled above. Recheck that the partition we selected is indeed the partition you wanted to remove. Ensure that if you have any data on your PC, you either have accepted that you might experience data loss or that you have backups and have verified that you can get data out of your backups. If you are certain, proceed with delete partition override:

I recommend that you turn recovery back on at this point. This will set up the Recovery Agent to use an image on your C: partition. If you need to expand your partition further again, this is more convenient than having a separate partition. However, while more convenient, using the C: partition does have its risks. Run reagentc /enable at an Administrator Command Prompt:

WARNING: The first time I reboot my computer (at step3), my recovery disk was assigned to the letter C and my windows disk to the letter F (you can know that if you enter diskpart in the command prompt from the repair disk). I didn't proceed with the last code I gave and instead I tried the fix #4 from here). I ended up with the An operating system wasn't found try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system screen. I wasn't even able to get to the Grub to start Ubuntu so I started Ubuntu from the bootable USB. I use Ubuntu Boot Repair following all the indications it gave me. I got many error related to FlexNet and Wubi (I sort of ignored then, at this point, I was pretty sure I would have to use the windows system image). But when I restarted I was able to get to the Grub and to choose windows 10. I still got the 0xc0000225 error but this time, my windows disk had the letter C. I then entered the last code above and finally I could start Windows 10. Everything was normal in my windows user account.

Option 5: Deleting a recovery partition by reinstalling Windows:Make a backup of your files, use a bootable ubuntu usb drive to format and merge all the partition and then reinstall Windows. Windows creates a system files partition but that's only 500MB (nothing compared to the 20GB it used before).

Because, I upgraded from Window 7 to Windows 10 just a couple of days before doing option 4, after doing option 4, the boot displayed 2 versions of Windows: Windows 10 and 7. To remove Windows 7 from the boot menu, do this.

The easy way is to use a 3rd party disc toolI did it with the free version of MiniTool Partition Wizard (if you use it once you do select what you want done it looks like it is done in the interface, but you need to click apply - near top left of window - I suppose this is a fail safe or chance for a double check incase you do it to the wrong disc) There may be better tools, all I know is this one worked for me.

When you create a recovery partition for Windows, it's best to store it on an external drive in case something happens to your computer. After saving it somewhere else, you can delete the recovery partition from your PC to free up space.

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!

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

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).

I recommend downloading Hiren's Bood cd, burn it to cd or make a bootable USB stick, then boot from the newly created media, and use one of the partition tools available there to do the task you want to accomplish. Also keep in mind that there are some other partitions on the drive with no volume. It is hard to see on your screenshot if they can be deleted or not, but keep in mind that if you decide to delete them, windows may no longer boot and a reinstall is required. This is not the case for the D partition though, but any partition marked as System should not be removed.

I've just purchased a Latitude 6540 with a 500GB HDD. Furthermore I've a 250GB SSD that I'd like to use in place of the original HDD, which I planned to use as external disk for additional recovery images and backups.

I cloned the whole HDD to the SSD using Macrium Reflect, so the two disks are now exactly the same.

I will keep the RECOVERY partition of the HDD (which contains the factory image) and, as I said above, I will use this disk to store an additional image and maybe backups (I think this is even safer than storing the image on the internal disk).

I looked at some previous threads on the same subject, but I couldn't find a solution. I only understood that the RECOVERY partition contains some files that are needed when Windows is booting from the OS partition.

1) I don't have the Windows 7 installation disks.

2) I assume that the original installation was optimized by Dell for my 6540. Furthermore, the installation includes specific Dell tools form maintenance and diagnostic

If I had to proceed this way (I hope not!)

- where can I get the Windows installation disks ?

- do I need all the disks, or just the first one and then all the others can be installed from network?

- will I be able to reach the same final configuration as the original system ?

Anyway, I hope someone can help me finding a solution to remove the partition.

:emotion-5:Move partition is an assist function of Resize Partition and it also a missing function in Windows built-in Disk Management. With the help of this function you can reset the location of a given partition. For example, you have a C partition, D partition and an unallocated space on your Disk 1, and you want to enlarge partition C with the unallocated space. In this case, you should first move D partition backward so as to make the unallocated space directly after C partition. After that, you can smoothly extend C partition by adding that unallocated space in.You can use a tool like aomei partition assistant to help you or use other professional software.I hope you solve your problem quickly>

However, that standard procedure does not work for Windows Recovery partitions or any other protected system partitions. This article will show you how to override this protection and forcefully delete the Healthy (Recovery Partition) on a disk.

But be warned, instructions herein are only for my personal use to jog my memory. It is your responsibility to have a full working backup image handy should something go wrong. Note, this will not work on any Active disks. You must use the Windows Advanced Boot option and use the Command Prompt to access them.

However, using diskpart available from within the Windows Command Prompt we can! So without further explanation here is how to delete a recovery (or any other) partition in Windows.

My early 2011 MBP came with a 500 GB HDD, which I recently changed out for a 128 GB SSD. The old internal drive now serves as a backup drive... however... I'd love to get rid of that Recovery HD partition so that I can A) use the space, and B) stop being asked about ejecting multiple partitions when I eject the drive.

How can I safely remove the recovery partition on my now-backup-only drive? Of course I want to keep the one on my 128 GB drive, so obviously I won't mess with disk0 or disk1... I assume this will involve the same/similar steps as in the question I linked to above.

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