Windows 10: Why is a recovery drive of 32GB using the entire 1TB external SSD?

I just purchased a new 1TB external SSD and made a Windows 11 recovery drive of it. The recovery drive uses approximately 32GB of the 1TB of space. However, it will not allow me to transfer any files to it, though there should be about 960GB available. Can a recovery drive not be used for other storage? And if not, can the recovery drive be wiped out? I'm not interested in wasting 1TB worth of space on 32GB worth recovery files.Thanks.

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windows 10. have external hd of 1TB used as recovery disk but is only using 32GB for this. how do you increase the size?

windows 10. have external hd of 1TB used as recovery disk but is only using 32GB for this. how do you increase the size?

 

Windows 10 Recovery Drive Limited to 32GB

Hello,

I'm trying to use Windows 10's File History program to backup my computer. However, when I use Create A Recovery Drive with my external HDD (~931GB) Windows creates a partition with only 32GB and the rest of the drive is unallocated. I can't extend the volume
in Disk Management ("Extend Volume..." is grayed out, even though the unallocated space is directly adjacent to the new partition) and if I delete the partition to create a new one that spans the entire drive, I'm unable to backup my files in File History
unless I create a new 32GB partition in Create A Recovery Drive. I'd like to be able to backup my files to a partition with more than 32GB of space (ideally the entire drive).

Any help is appreciated, thank you for your time.

 

How do I move my entire operating system from my SSD to my 1TB Drive?

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How do I move my entire operating system from my SSD to my 1TB Drive?