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I need to delete that nasty recovery image partition which is taking up my space as I moved my windows and recovery drive to different hard disk
It won't delete (when I right click it says nothing besides "Help").
I also tried deleting it via command prompt, nothing happens!
Deimantas
Posted 2015-02-13T19:35:21.363
Reputation: 37
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Unfortunately according to this:
if you are trying to erase the system disk that hosts the C: drive where Windows itself is installed and running, then even the powerful DISKPART command can't work: Windows simply refuses to erase the drive from which it is running.
To erase such a disk, you need to physically remove it from the computer, attach it to another computer as an external drive, and then use DISKPART on that computer to erase the disk.
dkanejs
Posted 2015-02-13T19:35:21.363
Reputation: 675
Although, you may be able to boot a live cd of Linux and remove it, worth a shot. (Try using 'gparted') – dkanejs – 2015-02-13T19:43:08.080
im NOT erasing C: drive... my recovery drive is Not windows host disk and its not efi partition – Deimantas – 2015-02-13T19:43:57.463
im trying to install liunux on disk where recovery drive is now, my windows are in different disk, but im still using my , main one – Deimantas – 2015-02-13T19:44:49.490
The partition your trying to delete is on the host drive that your c: partition is on so try and remove it via a Linux host. – dkanejs – 2015-02-13T19:45:02.113
would doing same thing from different disk do the deal? – Deimantas – 2015-02-13T19:46:07.693
1If you mean a different environment then yes, this has nothing to do with disks. You could boot linux from a dead badger and still delete it regardless of what disk it is on. – dkanejs – 2015-02-13T19:47:52.453
1Have you tried using diskpart? – dkanejs – 2015-02-13T19:36:31.900
1yes, in command prompt – Deimantas – 2015-02-13T19:37:34.193
Did you run the cmd as admin? – dkanejs – 2015-02-13T19:38:21.237
1did it just now(yes) says can't run on current boot.. – Deimantas – 2015-02-13T19:41:03.340
If it's really annoying, you could always move what you want to keep and DBAN it. – meatspace – 2015-02-13T19:47:49.223
@meatspace Yes, I suggested below to boot a live CD and delete and extend etc – dkanejs – 2015-02-13T19:50:15.360