Windows 10: Two new primary partitions 450mb each appeared after I updated to 1903. Can I reclaim this...

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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

 

additional partition appeared on Disk 0

Hi

I seeking solution to issue i have found

A drive partition has appeared on Disk 0 of 449mb with 4.42mb free

no hidden files showing in folder, and no options other than help when right clicking in disk management

not causing any problems as yet, just annoying disk full messages

Disk:0

Basic, 465.75gb

Online

(HNTFS 450mb Healthy (OEM Patition) (NEW DRIVE Mysteriously appeared)

100mb Healthy (EFI System Partition)

(CNTFS 465.21 Healthy (Boot, Page file, crash dump, Primary Partition)

I noticed then additional partition maybe 5 weeks ago

Any suggestions would be Great

 

New 1803 version created a new disk partition - Can I reclaim it?

That is the partition where Windows 10 Recovery tools are located. I highly suggest you leave it alone, or you might break your whole system. I recommend you try to find another solution for getting more space on your HDD/SSD. An external USB-drive could be a really good option. Or maybe run a full disk-cleanup with Windows built in tools.