I deleted My windows 10 recovery partition, Will it affect windows 11 installation?

Question

I deleted my win 10 recovery partition so will it affect win 11 installation?

Answer 1

The recovery partition can be deleted.

The files may be in the data partition.

It should not impact an upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11.

Other factors can interfere with Windows upgrades.

Windows often recreates a new recovery partition during an upgrade.

A bootable Windows 10 iso can be used instead of the Windows recovery partition.

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Answer 2

Find a flash drive that you can format (> or = 8 GB)

Create a bootable Windows 10 or 11 iso.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9230-download-windows-10-iso-file.html
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/download-official-windows-11-iso-file-from-microsoft.1009/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

Insert the bootable Windows 10 iso into the applicable USB port.

https://www.disk-image.com/faq-bootmenu.htm

Boot to the iso (this is Windows Recovery Environment (RE) > troubleshoot > options include:

startup repair
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/27649-run-startup-repair-windows-10-a.html

system restore
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4588-system-restore-windows-10-a.html

command prompt
etc.

Additional options using the iso in a bootable fashion include:

custom install:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/120352-custom-install-windows-10-a.html

clean install:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/clean-install-windows-11.99/

The iso can also be used in a non-bootable fashion for in place upgrade repairs
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-windows-10-place-upgrade.html

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/recovery-options-in-windows-31ce2444-7de3-818c-d626-e3b5a3024da5

Answer 3

No, it will save lot of space in system without effecting your device.

Answer 4

Hi there,

Recovery partition is a special partition on system hard drive and is used to restore the system to factory settings in the event of system issues. To protect recovery partition from being changed or deleted, recovery partition usually has no drive letter, and only a Help option is provided in Disk Management.

You can delete a recovery partition without affecting the running OS. For average users, it is better to keep the recovery partition as it is in the hard drive, as such a partition won't take up too much space

In a nutshell, recovery partition is viewed as your LAST resort when you have system problems as it will wipe out all your data and programs in system partition

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