Hi all,
My SSD is short on space, it's 240GB.
I've cleaned the new installation file using windows cleaner. However, I have a new partition which is 449MB.
Under disk management, it shows as part of Disk 0 which is my C drive.
It's description is 450MB NTFS, OEM Partition.
Can I reclaim it back?
Thanks.
That is the partition where Windows 10 Recovery tools are located. I highly suggest you leave it alone, or you might break your whole system. I recommend you try to find another solution for getting more space on your HDD/SSD. An external USB-drive could be a really good option. Or maybe run a full disk-cleanup with Windows built in tools.
Hi.
I did run a full disk cleanup.
But this new partition never existed before. Are you saying that this is a new thing with the recent update?
I honestly say this was never there. maybe it was hidden and now it's not.
But I know exactly how many drives and partitions I have.
This is very strange.
On an MBR formatted drive you should have 3 partitions and on and GPT (UEFI)formatted there should be four partitions.
I suggest you leave them intact for best Windows reliability.
That's my current setup. It's GPT and has 3 partitions.
You can delete it and reclaim the space. Every function available from that partition is also available by booting from a Windows 10 installation flash drive or DVD. It's not going to be as easy as you think, though, because you also have a 4th partition in the way that does not appear in disk management - the Microsoft system reserved (MSR) partition. List the partitions using the diskpart command and you will see it.
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