Windows 10: Windows 10 Partition and Licence question

I thought I had set my laptop up for a lifetime of data use but it's obviously caught up with me now.

I attach a screenshot of my partitions below and have a few questions:

1. I don't understand what the 'Disk 0 Partition 3' is?

2. If I wanted to hypothetically reduce C Drive space and add this space to the end of my D Drive (Data) could this be done without reformatting the D Drive? However it looks as though I may have to buy a new 2 TB HDD now...

I can't remember how I upgraded to Windows 10 Professional but it was a clean install.

I can't remember my licence key and am not sure how this was done but in Settings > Activation it says 'Windows 10 Pro', 'Windows is activated with a digital licence'. Can I find this key within the operating system as I think I will have to buy a new bigger HDD and do a clean install of Windows 10.

:)

 

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

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10

no, you can't go back..
I suggest creating a backup image of your os drive