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  1. Matthew Wai
    Posts : 7,631
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       New #11

    rafikiphoto said:
    Partition 1 Recovery 529 MB 1024 KB
    Why not delete the above Partition 1, as the following Partition 5 is the one needed?

    rafikiphoto said:
    Partition 5 Recovery 629 MB 1905 GB
    rafikiphoto said:
    Windows RE status: Enabled
    Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition5\Recovery\WindowsRE
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  3. rafikiphoto
    Posts : 122
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       New #12

    Matthew Wai said:
    Why not delete the above Partition 1, as the following Partition 5 is the one needed?
    Yes, I see what you mean.
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  4. Matthew Wai
    Posts : 7,631
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       New #13

    It is easy to recreate a recovery partition even if you have deleted it by mistake.
    See what the following idiot did last month:
    How to recreate the Windows recovery partition.
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  6. rafikiphoto
    Posts : 122
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       New #14

    Just to finish off on this: I deleted partition 1 and then combined all the unallocated space then expanded the C drive to take up all the unallocated space. This was done using Aomei Pro partition software. I had made a full Macrium reflect disc image just in case anything went wrong. Thank you all for your unstinting help. It is much appreciated and I have learnt a lot.

    The 'after' screenshot of my partitions is shown below:

    Disk cleanup advice...-disk-part-2.jpg

    The Diskparinfo.bat results are shown below.

    Thanks again.

    Disk 0 : SSD. It has 4 partition(s). Model: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 2TB
    Disk 1 : SSD. It has 2 partition(s). Model: SanDisk SSD U110 16GB

    The script has found the above 2 storage device(s) in total.
    =======================================================================

    Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.610

    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
    On computer: ELROND

    Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
    -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
    Disk 0 Online 1907 GB 1024 KB *
    Disk 1 Online 14 GB 3072 KB *

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    Volume 0 D DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
    Volume 1 C Windows NTFS Partition 1906 GB Healthy Boot
    Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 99 MB Healthy System
    Volume 3 NTFS Partition 629 MB Healthy Hidden
    Volume 4 NTFS Partition 14 GB Healthy

    Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

    Samsung SSD 850 PRO 2TB
    Disk ID: {32B6935A-DDA6-451F-8F14-9166A60CA4EC}
    Type : SATA
    Status : Online
    Path : 0
    Target : 0
    LUN ID : 0
    Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C00T00L00)
    Current Read-only State : No
    Read-only : No
    Boot Disk : Yes
    Pagefile Disk : Yes
    Hibernation File Disk : No
    Crashdump Disk : Yes
    Clustered Disk : No

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    Volume 1 C Windows NTFS Partition 1906 GB Healthy Boot
    Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 99 MB Healthy System
    Volume 3 NTFS Partition 629 MB Healthy Hidden

    Partition ### Type Size Offset
    ------------- ---------------- ------- -------
    Partition 1 System 99 MB 32 KB
    Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 100 MB
    Partition 3 Primary 1906 GB 116 MB
    Partition 4 Recovery 629 MB 1907 GB

    Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

    Partition 1
    Type : c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
    Hidden : Yes
    Required: No
    Attrib : 0000000000000000
    Offset in Bytes: 32768

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    * Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 99 MB Healthy System

    Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

    Partition 2
    Type : e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
    Hidden : Yes
    Required: No
    Attrib : 0000000000000000
    Offset in Bytes: 104889856

    There is no volume associated with this partition.

    Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

    Partition 3
    Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
    Hidden : No
    Required: No
    Attrib : 0000000000000000
    Offset in Bytes: 121667072

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    * Volume 1 C Windows NTFS Partition 1906 GB Healthy Boot

    Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

    Partition 4
    Type : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
    Hidden : Yes
    Required: No
    Attrib : 0000000000000000
    Offset in Bytes: 2047746596864

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    * Volume 3 NTFS Partition 629 MB Healthy Hidden

    Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

    SanDisk SSD U110 16GB
    Disk ID: {0DCE0CEB-5858-9090-8081-828310111213}
    Type : SATA
    Status : Online
    Path : 4
    Target : 0
    LUN ID : 0
    Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C04T00L00)
    Current Read-only State : No
    Read-only : No
    Boot Disk : No
    Pagefile Disk : No
    Hibernation File Disk : No
    Crashdump Disk : No
    Clustered Disk : No

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    Volume 4 NTFS Partition 14 GB Healthy

    Partition ### Type Size Offset
    ------------- ---------------- ------- -------
    Partition 2 Primary 14 GB 1024 KB
    Partition 1 Reserved 4096 KB 14 GB

    Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

    Partition 2
    Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
    Hidden : No
    Required: No
    Attrib : 0000000000000000
    Offset in Bytes: 1048576

    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
    ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
    * Volume 4 NTFS Partition 14 GB Healthy

    Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

    Partition 1
    Type : e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
    Hidden : Yes
    Required: Yes
    Attrib : 0X0000000000000003
    Offset in Bytes: 16006394368

    There is no volume associated with this partition.

    ===============================================================================

    Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
    Information:

    Windows RE status: Enabled
    Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: d9d25c2c-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6
    Recovery image location:
    Recovery image index: 0
    Custom image location:
    Custom image index: 0

    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

    ===============================================================================

    Firmware Boot Manager
    ---------------------
    identifier {fwbootmgr}
    displayorder {bootmgr}
    {51671780-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {51671788-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {51671789-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167178a-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167178b-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167177e-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167177d-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167177b-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167177c-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167177a-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {5167177f-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {51671781-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {51671782-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    {51671783-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    timeout 2

    Windows Boot Manager
    --------------------
    identifier {bootmgr}
    device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
    path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
    description Windows Boot Manager
    locale en-GB
    inherit {globalsettings}
    default {current}
    resumeobject {d9d25c28-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    displayorder {current}
    {ea6a70be-71cf-11eb-a9f0-5cc5d47d7205}
    toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
    timeout 10

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167177a-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description ATA HDD1:

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167177b-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description USB CD

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167177c-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description USB FDD

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167177d-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description ATAPI CD0

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167177e-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description ATA HDD0

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167177f-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description ATA HDD2

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671780-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description USB HDD

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671781-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description PCI LAN

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671782-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Other CD

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671783-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Other HDD

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671784-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description IDER BOOT CDROM

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671785-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description IDER BOOT Floppy

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671786-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description ATA HDD

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671787-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description All CD:

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671788-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Setup

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {51671789-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Boot Menu

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167178a-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Diagnostic Splash Screen

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167178b-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Lenovo Diagnostics

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167178c-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Startup Interrupt Menu

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167178d-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description Rescue and Recovery

    Firmware Application (101fffff)
    -------------------------------
    identifier {5167178e-70ee-11eb-a9ea-806e6f6e6963}
    description MEBx Hot Key

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {4d912ad5-ba0b-4d89-9bec-28df64042d8c}
    device ramdisk=[C:]\Aomei\AomeiBoot.wim,{1e928b58-ba39-4dcb-9c15-371282198f1a}
    description Aomei PE
    osdevice ramdisk=[C:]\Aomei\AomeiBoot.wim,{1e928b58-ba39-4dcb-9c15-371282198f1a}
    systemroot \Windows
    detecthal Yes
    winpe Yes

    Windows Setup
    -------------
    identifier {7254a080-1510-4e85-ac0f-e7fb3d444736}
    device ramdisk=[C:]\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim,{81cf0b35-70f6-11eb-a9ec-5cc5d47d7205}
    bootstatdevice partition=C:
    custom:11000083 partition=C:
    path \windows\system32\winload.efi
    description Windows Rollback
    locale en-GB
    bootstatfilepath \$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\bootstat.dat
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    restartonfailure Yes
    osdevice ramdisk=[C:]\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim,{81cf0b35-70f6-11eb-a9ec-5cc5d47d7205}
    custom:21000152 partition=C:
    systemroot \windows
    nx OptIn
    bootmenupolicy Standard
    winpe Yes

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {current}
    device partition=C:
    path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.efi
    description Windows 10
    locale en-GB
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    recoverysequence {d9d25c2c-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    displaymessageoverride Recovery
    recoveryenabled Yes
    isolatedcontext Yes
    allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \WINDOWS
    resumeobject {d9d25c28-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    nx OptIn
    bootmenupolicy Standard
    hypervisorlaunchtype Auto

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {d9d25c2c-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{d9d25c2d-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    path \windows\system32\winload.efi
    description Windows Recovery Environment
    locale en-GB
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    displaymessage Recovery
    osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{d9d25c2d-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    systemroot \windows
    nx OptIn
    bootmenupolicy Standard
    winpe Yes

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {ea6a70be-71cf-11eb-a9f0-5cc5d47d7205}
    device ramdisk=[C:]\boot\macrium\WinREFiles\media\sources\boot.wim,{ramdiskoptions}
    path \windows\system32\boot\winload.efi
    description Macrium Reflect System Recovery
    osdevice ramdisk=[C:]\boot\macrium\WinREFiles\media\sources\boot.wim,{ramdiskoptions}
    systemroot \Windows
    detecthal Yes
    winpe Yes

    Resume from Hibernate
    ---------------------
    identifier {a5d8c201-f0a6-11e1-aad7-9ef4fb42ac84}
    device locate=unknown
    path \Windows\system32\winresume.efi
    description Windows Resume Application
    locale en-US
    inherit {resumeloadersettings}
    filedevice partition=C:
    filepath \hiberfil.sys
    debugoptionenabled No

    Resume from Hibernate
    ---------------------
    identifier {d9d25c28-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    device partition=C:
    path \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.efi
    description Windows Resume Application
    locale en-GB
    inherit {resumeloadersettings}
    recoverysequence {d9d25c2c-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    recoveryenabled Yes
    isolatedcontext Yes
    allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
    filedevice partition=C:
    filepath \hiberfil.sys
    bootmenupolicy Standard
    debugoptionenabled No

    Windows Memory Tester
    ---------------------
    identifier {memdiag}
    device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
    path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi
    description Windows Memory Diagnostic
    locale en-GB
    inherit {globalsettings}
    badmemoryaccess Yes

    EMS Settings
    ------------
    identifier {emssettings}
    bootems No

    Debugger Settings
    -----------------
    identifier {dbgsettings}
    debugtype Serial
    debugport 1
    baudrate 115200

    RAM Defects
    -----------
    identifier {badmemory}

    Global Settings
    ---------------
    identifier {globalsettings}
    inherit {dbgsettings}
    {emssettings}
    {badmemory}

    Boot Loader Settings
    --------------------
    identifier {bootloadersettings}
    inherit {globalsettings}
    {hypervisorsettings}

    Hypervisor Settings
    -------------------
    identifier {hypervisorsettings}
    hypervisordebugtype Serial
    hypervisordebugport 1
    hypervisorbaudrate 115200

    Resume Loader Settings
    ----------------------
    identifier {resumeloadersettings}
    inherit {globalsettings}

    Device options
    --------------
    identifier {0e272922-f30c-46ad-8a3d-c0f09432f0d6}
    ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
    ramdisksdipath \Aomei\AomeiBoot.sdi

    Device options
    --------------
    identifier {1e928b58-ba39-4dcb-9c15-371282198f1a}
    ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
    ramdisksdipath \Aomei\AomeiBoot.sdi

    Device options
    --------------
    identifier {81cf0b35-70f6-11eb-a9ec-5cc5d47d7205}
    description Windows Setup
    ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
    ramdisksdipath \$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\boot.sdi

    Setup Ramdisk Options
    ---------------------
    identifier {ramdiskoptions}
    description Macrium Reflect System Recovery
    ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
    ramdisksdipath \boot\Macrium\boot.sdi

    Device options
    --------------
    identifier {d9d25c2d-7101-11eb-bb52-b3768931a4c6}
    description Windows Recovery
    ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume4
    ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi
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  7. Paul Black
    Posts : 18,032
    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
       New #15

    Hello @rafikiphoto,

    rafikiphoto said:
    Just to finish off on this: I deleted partition 1 and then combined all the unallocated space then expanded the C drive to take up all the unallocated space. This was done using Aomei Pro partition software. I had made a full Macrium reflect disc image just in case anything went wrong. Thank you all for your unstinting help. It is much appreciated and I have learnt a lot.

    Yes, AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is excellent for this sort of task.

    You have learnt a lot doing this which will hold you in good stead for ANY future problems you might have, but we will all be here if you need us.

    I would strongly suggest that you create another System Image now that everything is a s you like it.

    I hope this helps.
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  8. rafikiphoto
    Posts : 122
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       New #16

    Paul Black said:
    I would strongly suggest that you create another System Image now that everything is a s you like it.
    Thanks Paul. Yes, done. I have a daily Full/Incremental image scheduled daily always.
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  9. Paul Black
    Posts : 18,032
    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
       New #17

    rafikiphoto said:
    Thanks Paul. Yes, done. I have a daily Full/Incremental image scheduled daily always.
    Excellent.
    Stay SAFE.
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  10. rafikiphoto
    Posts : 122
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       New #18

    Thanks. You too.
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  12. Matthew Wai
    Posts : 7,631
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       New #19

    rafikiphoto said:
    expanded the C drive to take up all the unallocated space.
    The space shown in the "Free" column below is unallocated space.

    rafikiphoto said:
    Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
    -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
    Disk 0 Online 1907 GB 1024 KB *
    Disk 1 Online 14 GB 3072 KB *
    Anyway, 1024 KB and 3072 KB count for nothing.

    In my case, all the unallocated space is 0 B as shown below:
    Code:
      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          465 GB      0 B        *
  Disk 1    Online           28 GB      0 B         
  Disk 2    Online         7388 MB      0 B         
  Disk 3    No Media           0 B      0 B         
  Disk 4    Online           28 GB      0 B         
  Disk 5    Online           60 GB      0 B
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  13. zbook
    Posts : 43,234
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       New #20

    Nice.

    Often the partitions only to the right of the primary partition are deleted.
    The unneeded partition on the far left has been left alone.
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