Windows 10: SSD has a large recovery partitio and I want to remove it.

Discus and support SSD has a large recovery partitio and I want to remove it. in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; So I put in a SSD into my computer. When I made a copy of my system on to it for some reason it gave it a 213.99GB recovery partition which is half of... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by sonic222, Apr 9, 2016.

  1. SONIC222
    sonic222 Win User

    SSD has a large recovery partitio and I want to remove it.


    So I put in a SSD into my computer. When I made a copy of my system on to it for some reason it gave it a 213.99GB recovery partition which is half of the drive. I guess my question is can I delete it and put that space to use, since I have made a recovery image on an external hard drive?management.docx

    :)
     
    sonic222, Apr 9, 2016
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  2. ANDREWBRIEN
    AndrewBrien Win User

    I Have a Pc which I want to upgrade the SSd on. It originally was licensed for windows 7 pro. but upgraded to windows 10.

    I My Pc running windows 10 free upgrade from windows 7 Pro. I want to change the SSD and do a reinstall of windows 10 from boot media.

    Can I skip installing windows 7 pro and go straight to windows 10 using the windows 7 licence as the key for the free upgrade?
     
    AndrewBrien, Apr 9, 2016
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  3. ANDRE DA COSTA
    Andre Da Costa Win User
    I Have a Pc which I want to upgrade the SSd on. It originally was licensed for windows 7 pro. but upgraded to windows 10.

    Yes, you can skip installing Windows 7 Professional.

    Windows 10 Digital License

    When you upgraded from a previous version of Windows or receive a new computer preinstalled with Windows 10, what happened is the hardware (your PC) will get a digital entitlement, where a unique signature of the computer will be stored on Microsoft
    Activation Servers. The Windows 7 or Windows 8 genuine license you were previously running will be exchanged for a diagnostics key.

    Anytime you need to reinstall Windows 10 on that machine, just proceed to reinstall Windows 10. It will automatically reactivate. You will prompted to enter a product key a couple times through the installation, click I don't have
    a key and Do this later.

    There is no need to know or get a new key, but if you have issues with Digital Licensing or the Activation Troubleshooter, you can utilize an existing Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 product key you already own to
    reactivate if necessary. or use the reset function in Windows 10.

    Activate Your Windows 10 License via Microsoft Chat Support

    Reinstall by Performing a Direct Clean Install

    If Windows 10 was already installed and activated on your system, just proceed to perform a direct clean install as described in the following articles.

    Step 1: How
    to download official Windows 10 ISO files

    Step 2:


    Learn more:

    How to Upgrade Again to Windows 10 If You Reinstalled Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Perform a Factory
    Reset
     
    Andre Da Costa, Apr 9, 2016
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  4. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member

    SSD has a large recovery partitio and I want to remove it.

    The recovery partition likely contains your Windows 10 Recovery Environment (WinRE). I would shrink it to 500MB and then add the free space to C: Drive.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 9, 2016
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  5. SONIC222
    sonic222 Win User
    See the thing is that it doesn't give me the option to shrink the volume. Why would that be?
     
    sonic222, Apr 9, 2016
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  6. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member
    NavyLCDR, Apr 5, 2018
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