Windows 10: Removing 'mystery' partitions after upgrade to Win 10

Discus and support Removing 'mystery' partitions after upgrade to Win 10 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; You'd first backup all partitions and then restore in the order you want using Macrium's recovery disk (usb or cd) to shove some of the partitions... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by bobrcnut, Nov 19, 2015.

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  1. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User

    Removing 'mystery' partitions after upgrade to Win 10


    This is not true. You sure can resize any partition and of course you can not shrink the partition smaller than the size of the data currently in the partition:
    NOTE: The Video only shows how to resize the first partition. Do the same for any other partition.
    [youtube]LTVimxeiewE[/youtube]

    On a normal, fresh install of Windows 10. The MSR Partition (16MB) #1 is in between #2 and #4
    as shown below:

    Removing 'mystery' partitions after upgrade to Win 10 [​IMG]
     
    topgundcp, Nov 26, 2015
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  2. FDEGROVE
    fdegrove Win User

    Hi,

    OK, fair enough. I'm fairly new to Macrium but that's great news.

    Thanks for that.

    Cheers, *Wink
     
    fdegrove, Nov 26, 2015
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  3. ESSKAY8
    Esskay8 Win User
    Thanks both of you.

    More than resizing, whichever I will take up to edit, I am planning to merge them with C and then create a brand new partition. The earlier contents I would want to get rid of, so probably opt for delete partition and then merge? The rest of the partitions will remain untouched, I won't be resizing them.

    Will wait for a month to make these changes as there might be issues with the install...fingers crossed...
     
    Esskay8, Nov 28, 2015
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  4. STEVE C
    Steve C Win User

    Removing 'mystery' partitions after upgrade to Win 10

    I have a Dell laptop with a similar partition layout - see https://www.tenforums.com/installatio...tallation.html

    My Windows 10 installation keeps failing and I'm wondering if its due to the partition configuration? Thanks for the tip to use Reflect to reorder the partitions. Would this help Windows 10 install if the partitions are in the 'correct' order and would the OEM Dell partitions (e.g. Diagnostics) still work?
     
    Steve C, Apr 4, 2018
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