delete efi system partition

[T0biasCZe]

Hi, I have harddisk, and I had Windows installed on it, but now I use it just for data, but there is still left the efi system partition left and i have issues removing it. In disk manager, the delete option is grayed out. I tried diskpart, but it returns error when deleting.

I also tried to delete it through windows installer,  but the delete option is also grayed out.

[manikyath]

windows is a bit fussy about deleting those, i usualy just boot up in some ubuntu usb media or whatever i have close to remove the partitions when i have to, it's not like it comes up often.

[BobVonBob]

You've got a dynamic disk there. You shouldn't mess with partitions on a dynamic disk, you should instead work with volumes. List the volumes on that drive and you should be able to delete it.

 

Also, something wacky is happening with that drive. Windows thinks the main volume is a page file?

[T0biasCZe]

it says that on all drives. Its because i have virtual memory enabled on them

(its windows 10 with win7 skin, its not windows 7)

12 minutes ago, BobVonBob said:

You've got a dynamic disk there. You shouldn't mess with partitions on a dynamic disk, you should instead work with volumes. List the volumes on that drive and you should be able to delete it.

the efi volume appears in the diskpart "list volumes", but the second recovery partition doesnt

and it cant be deleted anyway, it throws error