Windows 10: Deleting partitions in windows 10 (from old linux dual boot)

I had a linux dual boot on my laptop with Win10. In changing distros I have made a mess and want to start afresh first with just win10 and sorting out partitions. I'd like advice on what linux or redundant win10 partitions I can safely delete on my Lenovo Yoga 2 pro laptop. I'm on Windows version 10.0 19043. Screenshot from Disk Management: And info from bcdedit /enum all and reagentc /info also shown. I hope this helps. My understanding is that partition 10 is the active recovery partition. I'd like to keep a recovery partition rather than a bootable usb/iso. I don't know what purpose the D: serves. Any guidance appreciated, I suspect I can delete partitions 1,3,6,7 and 8 but any clarification welcome and much appreciated. --- Code: C:\WINDOWS\system32>bcdedit /enum all Firmware Boot Manager --------------------- identifier {fwbootmgr} displayorder {bootmgr} {0af68208-eebf-11eb-85b3-806e6f6e6963} {0ee9702f-7b9d-11e5-898d-806e6f6e6963} {8be50ed2-f2b3-11eb-85c2-806e6f6e6963} {777f932a-6fcf-11e3-8a59-806e6f6e6963} {777f932b-6fcf-11e3-8a59-806e6f6e6963} {777f932c-6fcf-11e3-8a59-806e6f6e6963} timeout 0 Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2 path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {2ccb97b0-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Firmware Application (101fffff) ------------------------------- identifier {0af68208-eebf-11eb-85b3-806e6f6e6963} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2 path \EFI\Manjaro\grubx64.efi description Manjaro Firmware Application (101fffff) ------------------------------- identifier {0ee9702f-7b9d-11e5-898d-806e6f6e6963} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2 path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi description ubuntu Firmware Application (101fffff) ------------------------------- identifier {777f932a-6fcf-11e3-8a59-806e6f6e6963} description EFI USB Device Firmware Application (101fffff) ------------------------------- identifier {777f932b-6fcf-11e3-8a59-806e6f6e6963} description EFI DVD/CDROM Firmware Application (101fffff) ------------------------------- identifier {777f932c-6fcf-11e3-8a59-806e6f6e6963} description EFI Network Firmware Application (101fffff) ------------------------------- identifier {8be50ed2-f2b3-11eb-85c2-806e6f6e6963} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3 path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\LrsBootMgr.efi description Lenovo Recovery System Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.efi description Windows 10 locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {2ccb97b2-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} displaymessageoverride Recovery recoveryenabled Yes isolatedcontext Yes allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075 osdevice partition=C: systemroot \WINDOWS resumeobject {2ccb97b0-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} nx OptIn bootmenupolicy Standard Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {2ccb97b2-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume10]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{2ccb97b3-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} path \windows\system32\winload.efi description Windows Recovery Environment locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} displaymessage Recovery osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume10]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{2ccb97b3-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} systemroot \windows nx OptIn bootmenupolicy Standard winpe Yes Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {4d4640a0-6fc7-11e3-824e-5c514fb8799a} device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{4d4640a1-6fc7-11e3-824e-5c514fb8799a} path \windows\system32\winload.efi description Windows Recovery Environment locale en-us inherit {bootloadersettings} displaymessage Recovery displaymessageoverride Recovery osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{4d4640a1-6fc7-11e3-824e-5c514fb8799a} systemroot \windows nx OptIn bootmenupolicy Standard winpe Yes Resume from Hibernate --------------------- identifier {2ccb97b0-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} device partition=C: path \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.efi description Windows Resume Application locale en-US inherit {resumeloadersettings} recoverysequence {2ccb97b2-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} recoveryenabled Yes isolatedcontext Yes allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075 filedevice partition=C: filepath \hiberfil.sys bootmenupolicy Standard debugoptionenabled No Windows Memory Tester --------------------- identifier {memdiag} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2 path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi description Windows Memory Diagnostic locale en-US 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 {2ccb97b3-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5} description Windows Recovery ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume10 ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi Device options -------------- identifier {4d4640a1-6fc7-11e3-824e-5c514fb8799a} description Windows Recovery ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1 ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi ----- C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration Information: Windows RE status: Enabled Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition10\Recovery\WindowsRE Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 2ccb97b2-e987-11ea-9c39-b9f0fef33fb5 Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition10\OKRbackup\factory Recovery image index: 1 Custom image location: Custom image index: 0 REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful. ---

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Do you want to safely delete your Windows 10 partition and use only Windows 7?

If Yes, then boot to your Windows 7, run msconfig, go to "Boot" tab, you will see something like this :





Choose "Windows 7" and click "Set as default", then choose "Windows 10" and click "Delete", restart if asked or necessary.
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