Help me with partition management (more info in the post)

code99 · August 30, 2021

I have a 1TB m.2 drive on my main pc.

When i first installed windows on this drive created a 100GB Partition for windows and the rest as a separate partition for games and other things that require faster drives.

Im at a point where that 100 GB isnt enough anymore and i wanted to extend this partition by taking free space from my second partition only to realize im unable to do so because there is a "recovery partition" worth 500mb in between C partition and D partition.

Can i delete that? Will it cause any issues? AFAIK there shouldnt be any issues but i havent done this since windows 7 and i cant recall exactly if its safe or not to do so

I tried a bunch of software in hopes i can somehow move the partitions around but so far nothing.

Ideas ? Other than formatting the drives and redoing the partitions but that would involve a lot of work (saving all files, reinstalling windows, etc)

Electronics Wizardy · August 30, 2021

Id just fully remove that second D drive and make one big partition.

You should be able to remove the recovery partition, but have a backup first.

Gparted can move the partition if needed, use it in a linux live disk.

code99 · August 31, 2021

23 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id just fully remove that second D drive and make one big partition.

You should be able to remove the recovery partition, but have a backup first.

Gparted can move the partition if needed, use it in a linux live disk.

I think that would be best.

Im still used to do it like in the ol'days where you keep your os sepearate from anything else hehe

It would be much easier to just have one big partition where most things are.

Now i have to figure out how to do it without deleting most of things on D