How to delete a protected Recovery Partition, System Partition or EFI System Partition in Windows 11

Use EaseUS Partition Master to delete the EFI partition from your computer effectively - bit.ly/3UEIiCd
Detailed commands list: docs.microsoft...

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Commands used in the video: diskpart : to get disk partition tool in cmd lis dis : gets list of disks sel dis (number of disk you want to select)Eg; sel dis 1 : Selects disk lis par : gets list of partitions on drive sel par (number of partition you want to select)Eg; sel par 1 : Selects partition del par override : deletes and overrides any permissions, like protected partitions

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It says not supported on this system for me

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[@sagaraasakura8574]

I only have 1 disk and I want to know how many I can delete. Which should I delete? 150MB Healthy (EFI System Partition) - Where all my main files are - 990MB Healthy (Recovery Partition) 15.3GB Healthy (Recovery Partition) 1.36GB Healthy (Recovery Partition) Should I just delete the last 3?

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I would not delete any of them. First one is used to start your pc. The last 3 are used in case you want to do a factory restore.

[@sagaraasakura8574]

Is factory restore when you want to completely erase everything from the device? What happens if you already deleted them? I still haven't done anything with them. But is it possible to do at least the 15BG one?

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Factory restore is used when your operating system (Windows) is not working anymore and you want to recover your laptop to the state it was in when you bought it. If you delete those partitions factory restore is no longer working and you need to reinstall Windows yourself.

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@@UltimateDIY after I watched this I watched a video on how to add it back to the end of the drive

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[@ronih6704]

i can't extend the volume 😢 I'm sucseded to delete the efi & recovery partition on my external hard disk, but when i try to extend the main part, it say will turn it to dynamic etc, but when i select ok it say the system is not allowed

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Really hard to guess. I would use a dedicated partition manager like mini tool partition wizzard.

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@@UltimateDIYI have Windows 10 but it worked too!

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[@user-us4nt9im1j]

a lot easier to go through POWER SHELL as an ADMIN do the Diskpart list disk sel disk# then type clean and it will full wipe it and your done just reinitilize it and set a drive letter

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Many people don't know how to use power shell. I could do the same in ms dos, but that does not mean it's easyer for everybody.

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[@SK_RO_Yal]

Hyy bro mistakenly deleted "healthy (recovery partition)" Please help me to how to create that again help me please..

[@UltimateDIY]

Hi. I don't know how you could solve this without reinstalling Windows. If your pc is still booting up, just ignore the missing partition, but keep in mind that recovery is not available in case of problems.

[@elektron2kim666]

It doesn't make sense as an administrator, though. MS is overreacting here and there sometimes.

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Yup, I agree.

[@Kiss__Kiss]

Ahh Yeah... Pretty much what I had to do in order to delete one and join the other two. Now you mentioned, "Writing commands." If you don't mind me asking, is that your field? or is that part of your repertoire? As the cool daddy/hubby, that you are lol

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Nope, not my field, but I started learning ms dos on a 383 computer, so I got quite used to it for a while. Also learned some programming back in the day, so that helps with troubleshooting sometimes.

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@@UltimateDIY Ahh Okay. Well at least that makes you a great, "Renaissance Man."

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Doesn’t work in windows 11

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The laptop in the video is running Windows 11.

[@servispg]

I do not want to delete the hidden partition but they are somehow using drive letters I want does anyone know how I can change these hidden partitions to use another drive letter? For some reason my system is using drive E and F that I need to have for my external drives.

[@UltimateDIY]

Right clicking on the partition, here in drive management, does not show "Change drive letter" in the menu?

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@@UltimateDIY I was able to get these drive letters removed with no issues using diskpart

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[@sharpzpp]

i use delete partition override or even clean and clean all and it sais its successful but they just reappear afterwards

[@UltimateDIY]

Really hard to guess without seing myself.

[@sharpzpp]

@@UltimateDIY my pc crashed after my monitor disconnected (connected to hdmi at the back) keyboard been disconnecting too but when i try boot it sais error with c drive and loops trying to fix it - pc was working completely fine before it crashed

[@UltimateDIY]

Sadly, you might have a HDD failure. Or maybe a bad contact somewhere that is causing data coreuption.

[@sharpzpp]

@@UltimateDIY i did chkdsk c: /r and got two unspecified errors -(726166696c652e63 1a8) and (6e74667363686b2e 1798) sorry for the inconvenience i just can’t find a way to fix this problem at all and find you reliable

[@Kiss__Kiss]

This is weird.. I had to do this like a few days ago as well.. It was from my external 2 TB hard drive. So I had to search and use the Dos Prompt. but okay.. Only 10 seconds into the video.... Let me go back and watch the whole thing lol

[@UltimateDIY]

It's quite annoying to resort to the dos prompt even in 2021...

[@Kiss__Kiss]

@@UltimateDIY Exactly... Literally a month a way from 2022.. And still have "Windows" problems..

[@UltraCenterHQ]

The fact I have to erase the whole recovery partition just so I can re-merge my drive. Windows is primitive as fuck

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[@luisgamerbestcool_23]

Dont delete recovery partition drive this will GO END TO AN ERA on windows boot

[@UltimateDIY]

This was a secondary drive, that has no use for such a partition.

[@luisgamerbestcool_23]

Actually it doesn't end Ur windows boot but will be innacsessable to Windows RE and factory settings

[@UltimateDIY]

I have no clue what you are talking about. This was a secondary drive added to this sistem. The partitions on this drive have nothing to do with Windows boot drive. Yes, don't go deleting partitions on you primary drive, but if you add a drive that has noting to do with booting.