Combining all of these partitions?

[mikehende]

Hello guys, this Asus A43S laptop is showing OS [C], local disks E, F and G. It is originally a win7 laptop but was upgraded to win10 and I just did a reset. I am not seeing any partition which is showing the recovery partition. How can I best combine them all into just one so Local disk C BUT without erasing the Recovery partition please?

 

F and G is empty. D is 128mb and E is 110mb. I am not seeing any entries with the word "recovery" in either of those 2 folders?

[Bill M.]

mike, I have successfully used EaseUS Partition Master, very easy to work with.

http://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/

Be careful about what you download.

It allows you to specify which partitions you want to combine, and thereby avoiding the recovery partition.

My recollection is that Recovery Partitions are hidden.

 

BTW, I have been referring to the free version.

[mikehende]

I had already installed easeus parititon utility but waiting to find out which of the drives has the recovery files?

[Tony D]

.. and I just did a reset.

What do you mean by reset?

 

F and G is empty. D is 128mb and E is 110mb.

A recovery partition would be way more than 128 mb. It would be in the area of 6-10 GB.

[mikehende]

By Reset I meant, I choose to do a reinstall win 10 using that option.

 

Well then only thing I can figure out is that the recovery files has to be located in the C partition somewhere?

[mikehende]

I am seeing a Windows.old folder on the C partition, that should be the recovery right?

[allheart55 Cindy E]

I am seeing a Windows.old folder on the C partition, that should be the recovery right?

No, the Windows Old folder is either from when you upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or from the Windows 10 Reset that you performed.

[Bill M.]

No Mike, the Recovery partition is not visible using normal means and tools. It is certainly not in the C: drive. Using the EaseUS tool combine D, E, F &G, and C:, if that is the intent.

If you did an upgrade to win 10 and the laptop was originally win 7, the recovery drive is useless. The normal way look at or select is to press F9 when you boot. That should at least tell you what the recovery is lettered/called.

[mikehende]

Ok, I have deleted the D, E, F and G partitions so now I can see the C partition and an unallocated partition, how do I add the unallocated space to the C partition in windows please?

[Bill M.]

I think the approach is to expand C: drive to include the now empty space. Highlight the C: drive and on the left side use "merge".

[mikehende]

Ok I got it done, thanks for the help guys!

[Rustys]

Found this on Ten Forums.

 

Windows Setup will automatically create the 4 partitions below on the drive, and install Windows 10 on the primary partition.

 

Partition 1 - Recovery

Partition 2 - System - The EFI System partition that contains the NTLDR, HAL, Boot.txt, and other files that are needed to boot the system, such as drivers.

Partition 3 - MSR - The Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition that reserves space on each disk drive for subsequent use by operating system software.

Partition 4 - Primary - Where Windows is to be installed to.

[Bill M.]

I glad you got it worked out Mike.

[peterr]

When you install the OS, instead of clicking 'next' after selecting partitions, select 'new' then you will create a visible recovery partition.