Windows 10: Disk 0 partition 5 becomes drive D: after drive C: extension

I wanted to extend my C: drive, so I shrunk my D: and used AOMEI Partition Assistant to move the unallocated partition from D: beside C: and merge them. So far everything has worked well, except for the fact that disk 0 partition 5, whose position I moved using AOMEI in order to extend my C:, now becomes a primary partition, D:. What used to be my D: drive now becomes F:, but I don't find any data loss so it's okay.


However, I'm concerned that my data recovery might be in trouble as Disk 0 partition 5 used to be labeled as an OEM Partition. Below is the picture of my disks after partition + reboot.





I hope everything is okay as the original OEM files seem to still be in the new D:. If I open the drive, there is only one seemingly empty $Recycle.Bin folder see picture below. Even after showing hidden items, nothing is shown, but some space is still occupied.





I'm guessing that I accidentally initiated the creation of drive D: when I moved it in AOMEI. May I ask if everything's alright? Any suggestions on what to do or not to do?

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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

 

partitioning C: D: drives

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can anyone explain why my d drive has 759 GB

and my c drive 239 GB

is there any logical reason for this type of partitioning?

i back up to G drive - external drive.

What can i do with D drive, how can i utilize this 759 GB of space?

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Can't boot up using C: drive but working on D drive

Hi Dinaht

Thank you for that, so your D Drive is Disk 0 and your C Drive is Disk 1 . . .

On the screenshot with all the partitions list at the start of the installation, you need to select each partition on Drive 1 and click 'Delete'

Keep doing that, making sure to stay away from Drive 0

When you have only 1 unallocated space left on Drive 1, select that and click 'Next' to begin installing Windows . . .