Why do I have two recovery partitions?

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  1. Posts : 4,594
    Windows 10 Pro
       #11

    I would just delete the recovery partition on the right and extend C to take up the unallocated space, and that`s it, you`re done.
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  2. Posts : 31,916
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #12

    My OCD did get the better of me, so I got rid of my first recovery partition a week ago

    To do it properly you want to delete the first recovery partition, move the EFI partition and the 16MB MSR partition (not shown in disk management, you need MiniTool Partition Wizard to see it) to the beginning of the drive, then move the C: partition back a little bit and extend it to use the litlte bit of extra space created. Almost none of that can be done with the tools provided by Microsoft.

    I ended up deleting the first recovery partition and the EFI and MSR partitions. Then I recreated EFI using Diskpart and @Kyhi's instructions here:

    Moving / recreating EFI partition - post #2

    Next I created the MSR partition with the Diskpart command create partition msr size=16

    Then I used MiniTool Partition Wizard to move and resize the C: partition.

    Just to be safe I took the precaution of disabling the new second recovery partition before I started, then enabling after I was done. That may not strictly have been necessary, but at least it guaranteed a working recover partition when I'd finished.

    Enable or Disable Windows Recovery Environment in Windows 10

    It's a lot of work just to gain less than 500MB for C:, unless it really bothers you I'd leave it as it is.
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  3. Posts : 41,547
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #13

    The extra recovery partition + EFI + system reserved consume < 1 GB.
    If you want to you can delete the extra recovery partition and incorporate the other partitions into C:.
    Again, probably not worth the time and effort as so little free space is gained.
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