Windows 10: Can I remove Win. 8 Recovery on D drive. I now have Win. 10

At this point I just want to know how to delete the information on that D drive or be able to get rid of D drive and incorporated it with my C drive, so it want continue to back up Win. 8 to my External Hard Drive, using up space.
I have already bought this backup program, and cannot afford to buy another backup program.

 

I see. Macrium is free, but your only concern now is getting rid of "D". This tool is also FREE and is used by many here. It can delete the partition safely. Give it a look, and click the box to download the free version. Lots of people on Tenforums can help with it's use.

MiniTool Partition Manager—Partition Wizard

 

When I went to download I saw 3 things with Download on them, but I'm not sure I downloaded the correct one. Is the correct one called "pwfree91.exe"? I'm not going to install until I can have someone help me do it. I usually don't download anything from places with several places to download. I'm so afraid I might get the wrong thing. It's been quite a long time, since I messed up my computer and I sure don't want to now. I'm not really very computer literate.

 

That is the one yes , it's always a good idea to right click on all downloads and have your virus and malware scanner scan it before you double click it to Run the installer.

and +1 from me on Macrium too *Smile great free program


BTW.....Some backup programs like the built in one in win10 will backup ANYTHING they think is necessary to do a complete Restore of Windows, it is why I now use Macrium actually .

That new tutorial looks great too , didn't know it was there...

KB

 

"At this point I just want to know how to delete the information on that D drive or be able to get rid of D drive and incorporated it with my C drive"
Easy way to delete the info is just r-click the drive and Format. This will wipe all info in seconds and clear the space for re-use. Use a partition manager, as recommended, if you want to merge with C.
PS; I did a similar thing. I never wanted to go back to orig 8.1 system and since I create images with Acronis, I formatted the D drive and used the space to put copies of all install programs on it. This is useful because if I do a clean install, the D drive is left intact to quickly re-install all programs to the clean system. Just another option to consider. Good Luck

 

If you don't want to restore back to 8 there is no point keeping it on your disk. You already have a backup of it in case you want it in future for some reason.

I think this is the easiest way (not withstanding the backup discussion). To elaborate slightly, go to disk management by holding down the *Start and X keys together and then pick Disk Management from the menu that appears.

In Disk Management screen, Right click on D and select "Delete Volume...". Make sure you pick the correct one *Wink





Then right click on C and click "Extend Volume...".

 

@Sonjstar This really is the quickest way to delete the partition and get your space back. If the Disk Management should balk for some reason, Minitool will do the job (yes, you downloaded the correct one).

Not to belabor, but the backup software that came with your machine (and you update for $$) is honestly not the best move going forward. When you get the partition issue straightened out, you should take the time to investigate the Macrium backup system. It is far superior (no, I don't work for them *Smile). The built-in Windows backup system is functional, but archaic and incredibly inflexible. Just trying to give you some honest advice, along with all the others here giving honest advice. The choice is yours to make. All are here to help.

TC

 

When I right click on D, all I get is Help to show.

 

Try deleting it with MiniTool Partition Wizard Free. Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online

 

D: Drive is a Recovery Partition type, you cannot delete from Disk Management. Use diskpart to delete it.
Right click on *Start and select Command Prompt (Admin) then type:
diskpart
select disk 0
select partition 7
delete partition override
exit

 

D drive is now gone. Thanks for the easy instructions. I'm not very computer literate, and also scared stiff to try working with anything in the Command Prompt.

 

Please mark as "SOLVED" to help others.

 

I'm planning to do that right now.

 

topgundcp; is there a way thru cmd or diskmgnt to merge this new unallocated space with C if it's not next to it ?

 

No. The easiest way to merge is to use: MiniTool Partition Wizard
You can also use Macrium to swap the partitions if you have it installed.