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diff --git a/content/posts/wipe-windows-recovery-partition.md b/content/posts/wipe-windows-recovery-partition.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e42eca0 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/wipe-windows-recovery-partition.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: "Wiping your Windows recovery partition" +date: 2020-08-14T03:42:00 +tags: [ "Guides", "Snippets", "Software", "Windows" ] +--- + +I recently replaced my Windows 10 LTSC installation with a stock(er) Windows 10 Pro install, one thing I noticed was an additional partition automatically being created. This partition was helpfully labelled as a recovery partition, and took up 512MB of ever so precious space. I did a bit of research into the matter and found out it wasn't strictly necessary, and personally when it comes to recovering an operating system I have no qualms performing a clean install. + +So, to remove this, first launch an admin command prompt (search for `cmd` in your start menu, right click, run as administrator) and run the following: + +``` +diskpart +list disk +select disk 0 +list partition +select partition 4 +delete partition override +``` +*in the example above, our recovery partition is #4* + +You can now expand your system partition into the empty space. + +Launch `diskmgmt.msc`, right click your system partition, then extend volume. |