Windows 10: recovery disk not finding new SSD main partition

Discus and support recovery disk not finding new SSD main partition in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I'm installing a new SDD into an older laptop. I've made a recovery disk on USB drive. When I install SDD and reboot on recovery disk, and reinstall I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by SteveK_908, Jan 17, 2021.

  1. recovery disk not finding new SSD main partition


    I'm installing a new SDD into an older laptop. I've made a recovery disk on USB drive.

    When I install SDD and reboot on recovery disk, and reinstall I get the error that the system disk is too small. The SSD has been partition into disk 0 223 GB and disk 1 14GB but with 0GB free. It I assume it only seems only to be seeing partition with no free space.


    How do i progress from here? I've tried all the drive letters but can't see any with 200+ GB of free space. Just C: recovery and X: boot.

    Thanks advance for your help.

    Cheers Steve

    :)
     
    SteveK_908, Jan 17, 2021
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  2. W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Jan 17, 2021
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  3. Anusha Win User
    How To: Create recovery partition.

    it worked when i copied all the files of the disk to the recovery partition i created, but i had to use WinPE tab to add the entry.

    Type: WIM Image (Ramdisk)
    Name: Recovery
    Path: Z:\Sources\boot.wim
    and hit Add Entry
    I tried it in VirtualBox and it worked.
    At first, it would add a second "Windows 7" entry to the list, but when the installation is finished, the old one is deleted. (I formatted only C: partition)
     
    Anusha, Jan 17, 2021
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  4. trickson Win User

    recovery disk not finding new SSD main partition

    Will deleting the factory partition render the recovery disk useless?

    More than likely it is of no use NOW . The recovery disk is nothing more than drivers and some BS . You will not get the OS and recovering from a recovery disk only works if the drive partition is fine and has been untouched by any one .
    The best thing to do is delete all the partitions and just install windows on the HDD make your own recovery disk and your done not to mention you get all that drive space back .
     
    trickson, Jan 17, 2021
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