Windows 10: SSD + HDD as Recovery Partition

Win 10 v 1909. I have never run into this before. An SSD with a 1tb HDD as recovery partition. Can someone tell me how this is done because I want to make 1tb hdd separate. New Lenovo 510A

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Remove Recovery Partition and Go to Recovery Drive During HDD to SSD Upgrade

Thank you Sangeeta,

"delete the recovery partition as part of the cloning of the HDD to the SSD" The meaning of this quote is as follows:

The recovery partition on the HDD will NOT be copied onto the SSD. This differs from most other data on the HDD which will be copied over onto the SSD. The word cloning is used because the emphasis is on having a functioning system on the SSD that truly
mimics the system that ran on the HDD. Just as a biological clone is the creation of an identical organism with the same behavior.

The specific SSD I have is a Samsung 850 EVO with 250 GB capacity. It comes with migration software. Further study on my part discovered the following from the migration software user guide "OEM Recovery partition created by the computer manufacturer as
a factory setting will not be cloned". So, Samsung does not carry the recovery partition across to the SSD - just as I wanted.

So, the SSD won't have the 16 GB recovery partition that the HDD had. Incidentally, Acer documentation says that if a new drive is installed, the ability to go back to the "original build factory settings" will be lost. So, they anticipated the loss if
the drive was replaced. And this is fine by me since I do not want to go back to Windows 7.

The bottom line is that the SSD won't have the recovery partition; I need to create a recovery drive once I have upgraded to the SSD. (I think it is best to create the recovery drive after the SSD is installed since there are subtle differences between
the SSD and HDD and the recovery tools should reflect the SSD.)

 

Remove Recovery Partition and Go to Recovery Drive During HDD to SSD Upgrade

I'm upgrading my Acer Aspire One 756-2420 netbook by replacing the 500GB HDD with a 250GB SSD. I love the netbook's form factor, screen, keyboard, etc. but it is slow and has low battery life which I hope to improve with this upgrade. The netbook OS has
gone from W7 to W8 to W10. I notice there is a 16GB recovery partition. The netbook documentation says this recovery partition will take the netbook back to factory settings - W7. I don't want to recover to W7 and I don't want to eat up 16GB of SSD memory with a
recovery partition. My plan is to delete the recovery partition as part of the cloning of the HDD to the SSD. Then, as soon as I get my SSD installed and running, I'll create a recovery drive on a USB flash drive. Is this a good strategy and are there
any tips in doing it? Many thanks for any comments!

 

Remove Recovery Partition and Go to Recovery Drive During HDD to SSD Upgrade

What I wanted

• Remove the recovery partition
• Use a recovery drive

My view now is that the best solution is

• The migration software will not copy the recovery partition - effectively removing it from the SSD
• Use a recovery drive. (I will use the control panel utility to put recovery tools on a usb flash drive - giving me a recovery drive to use.)

I believe my question is answered. Thank you for your help.