Windows 10 : Delete Recovery Partition

Windows 10 "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 the recovery partition from being changed or deleted, the recovery partition usually doesn't have any drive letter assigned and other features or options are not available in Disk Management.

This "Recovery" partition can be deleted and it will not impact your existing Windows 10 OS. Though it can be deleted but to delete it, you must follow this steps.

NOTE : IT IS RECOMMENDED NOT TO DELETE THIS PARTITION ! DOING SO, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY LAST RESORTS IN THE EVENT OF OS ISSUES.

1. Run --> CMD (run as admin)

2. Type --> diskpart

3. Type --> list disk

4. Type --> select disk [number]

     (usually primary disk number is 0)

5. Type --> list partition

6. Type --> select partition [number]

     (in this case my, based on my drive's partition layout, the number is 4)

7. Type --> delete partition override

8. Type --> exit

9. Now, open "Disk Management" and you will notice that now there is a "Unallocated" space available in the drive.

10. Next step is to extend your [C:] drive by right-click --> Extend volume.

11. Ensure the full size is selected and click --> Next

12. Verify the new configuration and click --> Finish

Now you will have a larger capacity of the [C:] drive partition.

!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!

Acer TravelMate P214-53 : Unable to detect NVMe Drive.

 Acer TravelMate P214-53 : Unable to detect NVMe Drive.

1. Press --> F2 key to enter into BIOS.
2. Goto --> Security tab --> Supervisor Password --> Enter a temporary password (eg. 1234)
3. Disabled Secure Boot.
4. Then --> Save & Exit.
5. After restart, enter back into BIOS again and CLEAR the Supervisor Password but leave the Secure Boot option Disabled.
6. Save & Exit.
7. Download --> Intel RST for VMD Drivers --> Intel Download Center.
8. Unzip drivers into USB Flash Drive.
9. Boot Windows 10 installer as usual, you will not able to see any HDD/SSD detected.
10. Click --> Load --> Browse --> Select --> Intel RST VMD folder.
11. After load completed, you can now see the NVMe drive is detected.
12. Proceed to format and install Windows 10 accordingly.

Special Note :

Sometimes the Intel RST Drivers although was loaded and able to detect the NVMe drive successfully, but Windows installer will prompt error message "0x80300001", just proceed to restart the computer again and boot into Windows install as usual and re-load the drivers again.