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Is there a way to delete EFI System and Recovery partitions from an SSD that was formerly used to run Windows 10 on a computer?

Anonymous
2021-03-29T13:04:57+00:00

Long story short, I recently (yesterday) got a new laptop. I found out the laptop has an additional slot for another M.2 format SSD, one of which I had at hand and unused. I managed to get the SSD recogniced by Windows completely fine, but there is one... annoyance with it: The SSD I installed used to belong to an earlier laptop of mine, thus it had Windows installed on it. I managed to erase the partitions on the drive that had Windows and other files installed onto, but I couldn't find a way to remove the "EFI System" and "Recovery" partitions. It's not a too big of a deal for them to be there, but them being there makes it impossible for me to merge two partitions I originally made for the earlier computer I used the SSD in. So, is there any special software that would allow me to remove those formerly important, but now unnecessary partitions?

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  1. DaveM121 869K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-03-29T13:41:30+00:00

    Hi TheLEGObrick

    I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this, please note, this process will delete all data on that drive

    Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

    On the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and select 'Run as Administrator'

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    diskpart

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    list disk

    (Make note of the disk number you want to convert and enter it into the next command - replace X)

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    select disk C

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    clean

    Then close Command Prompt

    Go back into Disk Management and that whole drive should now be unallocated space, which you can right click and select 'New - Simple Volume' on . . .

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-29T16:21:30+00:00

    Thanks, that sorted the issue out and now the disk has one fully empty partition, everything works as I want.

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