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Can I delete Recovery Partitions? (Merging non-adjacent partitions in Windows 11)

Anonymous
2023-05-19T17:15:14+00:00

I want to merge the OS and DATA partitions on my HDD, but Disk Management does not allow for non-adjacent partitions to be merged together. I am aware of the existence of third-party software such as EaseUS for this purpose but I am reluctant to use those software due to a previous bad experience. Can I safely delete the 712 MB Recovery Partition in the middle and merge it or will that brick my computer?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-07T06:01:09+00:00

    If you make backup images and save the images to another disk drive then you do not need to have a recovery partition.

    And if you have a bootable Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) (Windows 11 iso) you also do not need a recovery partition.

    Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)

    Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

    To manually delete the recovery partition perform the following steps:

    Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:

    reagentc /info

    reagentc /disable

    reagentc /info

    Once you've confirmed that the recovery partition has been disabled it can be deleted.

    diskpart

    lis dis

    lis vol

    sel dis 0

    det dis

    lis par

    sel par 4

    det par (confirm that this is the recovery partition)

    del par override

    exit

    The recovery partition on the far right is orphaned and it can be deleted too.

    sel par 6

    det par (confirm that it is a recovery partition)

    del par override

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-07T05:16:05+00:00
    1. Back up those 100 GB of data to C as they are meant to end up there.
    2. Delete D.
    3. Delete the 650 MB as it's certain to be abandoned.
    4. Move the 712 MB to the right end.
    5. Extend C.

    How do I move the 712 MB to the right end?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-07T05:15:17+00:00

    I ran the given command and this is the output

    Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration

    Information: 

    Windows RE status:         Enabled 

Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE 

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 3755d04f-781d-11ec-a004-b1b06801b7cc 

Recovery image location: 

Recovery image index:      0 

Custom image location: 

Custom image index:        0

    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

    (Sorry for the late response)

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-19T21:01:51+00:00
    1. Back up those 100 GB of data to C as they are meant to end up there.
    2. Delete D.
    3. Delete the 650 MB as it's certain to be abandoned.
    4. Move the 712 MB to the right end.
    5. Extend C.
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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-19T17:40:45+00:00

    I will assume you currently active recovery partition is the one just after C. You can verify by running the command below, in an admin command prompt, and see where it is looking for the WinRE.wim. If you copy and paste the results, we can check.

    reagentc /info

    If it is the current recovery partition, you can delete the last one and expand the D into that area.

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