Solved Dell partitions created?

Hi,

Dell Support Diagnostic app, ran it's usual tests and than created a recovery OS partition, by the time I cancelled it had.

As shown in the 2 screen captures, in Macrium instead of earlier 5 now have 7 and in Disk management earlier 4 now 6.

No issues with OS, but my question is how do I delete them, with out any errors OR do I need to do a full backup restore?

Hoping as always to hear from experts.

Thanks.

Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:

sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
chkdsk /scan



Type:
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + c

Paste results into this thread.




Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste: (all at one time)

bcdedit /enum
reagentc /info
diskpart
lis dis
lis vol
sel dis 0
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel par 5
det par
sel par 6
det par
sel par 7
det par
del par 8
det par

Type:
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + c

Paste results into this thread.

Here @zbook , for your expert views:




Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.608]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\Windows\System32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.22621.1

Image Version: 10.0.22621.608

[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.

C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is W11.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
518144 file records processed.
File verification completed.
Phase duration (File record verification): 3.22 seconds.
8542 large file records processed.
Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 6.22 milliseconds.
0 bad file records processed.
Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.71 milliseconds.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
188 reparse records processed.
609090 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Phase duration (Index verification): 4.38 seconds.
0 unindexed files scanned.
Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 155.80 milliseconds.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 0.69 milliseconds.
188 reparse records processed.
Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 3.66 milliseconds.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 40.94 milliseconds.
45474 data files processed.
Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 0.29 milliseconds.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
67198528 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Phase duration (USN journal verification): 137.44 milliseconds.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

182705151 KB total disk space.
33421516 KB in 126635 files.
100176 KB in 45475 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
661299 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
148522160 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
45676287 total allocation units on disk.
37130540 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 7.96 seconds (7966 ms).

C:\Windows\System32>

The scannow, restorehealth, and chkdsk results were all good.

Here the 2nd part results:




Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.608]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>bcdedit /enum

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
isolatedcontext Yes
default {current}
resumeobject {af6f3a8f-440e-11ed-a738-f7797693583e}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 11
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {af6f3a91-440e-11ed-a738-f7797693583e}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \WINDOWS
resumeobject {af6f3a8f-440e-11ed-a738-f7797693583e}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard

C:\Windows\System32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:

Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: af6f3a91-440e-11ed-a738-f7797693583e
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.


C:\Windows\System32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.22621.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: DELL-BMT2012

DISKPART> lis dis

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 476 GB 13 MB *

DISKPART> lis vol

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 C W11 NTFS Partition 174 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 1 D Data NTFS Partition 300 GB Healthy
Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 3 NTFS Partition 809 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 4 DELLSUPPORT NTFS Partition 1086 MB Healthy Hidden

DISKPART> sel dis 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> det dis

KBG40ZNS512G NVMe KIOXIA 512GB
Disk ID: {C8CA873C-0E5A-4AD5-BFA2-D7F91A0D5295}
Type : NVMe
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1C00)#PCI(0000)#NVME(P00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : Yes
Pagefile Disk : Yes
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : Yes
Clustered Disk : No

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 C W11 NTFS Partition 174 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 1 D Data NTFS Partition 300 GB Healthy
Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 3 NTFS Partition 809 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 4 DELLSUPPORT NTFS Partition 1086 MB Healthy Hidden

DISKPART> lis par

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 System 100 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 101 MB
Partition 3 Primary 174 GB 117 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 809 MB 174 GB
Partition 5 Primary 300 GB 175 GB
Partition 6 Recovery 1086 MB 475 GB

DISKPART> sel par 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 1
Type : c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 2 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System

DISKPART> sel par 2

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 2
Type : e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 105906176

There is no volume associated with this partition.

DISKPART> sel par 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 3
Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden : No
Required: No
Attrib : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 122683392

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 0 C W11 NTFS Partition 174 GB Healthy Boot

DISKPART> sel par 4

Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 4
Type : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
Hidden : Yes
Required: Yes
Attrib : 0X8000000000000001
Offset in Bytes: 187212759040

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 3 NTFS Partition 809 MB Healthy Hidden

DISKPART> sel par 5

Partition 5 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 5
Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden : No
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 188062105600

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 1 D Data NTFS Partition 300 GB Healthy

DISKPART> sel par 6

Partition 6 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 6
Type : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 510958501888

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 4 DELLSUPPORT NTFS Partition 1086 MB Healthy Hidden

DISKPART> sel par 7

The specified partition is not valid.
Please select a valid partition.

There is no partition selected.

DISKPART> det par

There is no partition selected.
Please select a partition and try again.

DISKPART> del par 8

The arguments specified for this command are not valid.
For more information on the command type: HELP DELETE PARTITION

DISKPART> det par

zbook said:

What Is the Extra Partition on My Hard Drive Used For? | Dell US

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I read, it displayed for Recovery OS, while was running.


Added:

IF, it cannot be deleted, will restore the full backup?

Some members may comment on any decrypt requirements if any before the next steps.

If you decide to delete the dell partition then these are commands to run in administrative command prompt:

diskpart
sel dis 0
sel par 6
det par
del par override
lis par

zbook said:

Some members may comment on any decrypt requirements if any before the next steps.

If you decide to delete the dell partition then these are commands to run in administrative command prompt:

diskpart
sel dis 0
sel par 6
det par
del par override
lis par

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@zbook , I don't care what others might comment, I have trust in your expertise and myself don't want these useless Dell OS Recovery partitions, which weren't even fully created when I witnessed and cancelled in between...…

Should I go ahead with your commands?

zbook said:

Some members may comment on any decrypt requirements if any before the next steps.

If you decide to delete the dell partition then these are commands to run in administrative command prompt:

diskpart
sel dis 0
sel par 6
det par
del par override
lis par

Click to expand...

These would delete the 2 extra seen in Macrium and 2 in Disk management. Correct?

Should I go ahead @zbook ?

Thanks.

Rarely do I troubleshoot encrypted drives so other members may comment on whether decryption is or is not an issue.

To the right of the Dell partition is unallocated space.
The unallocated space will grow by the deletion of the partition.
The D: drive can be extended into the unallocated space as needed.
(Make sure that requirements for decryption are checked)

zbook said:

Rarely do I troubleshoot decrypted drives so other members may comment on whether decryption is or is not an issue.

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What's the worst case scenario....W11 will start giving errors? Have a full back, JIC.

Alexey2912 said:

What's the worst case scenario....W11 will start giving errors? Have a full back, JIC.

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Thanks @zbook , for all your expert assistance. I'll make a call to a friend in Tx, head of IT (a Red Hat Linux Guru) for an Oil company, ask for his advice.

Took less than 5 mins to delete those.






Off topic: I understand you were trying to play safe and keep up your repute at the forums. I may have posted thousand plus simple questions, cause am a noob.

But when it comes to med. am the best, it's all about self confidence. Since Mar'20 (5 months after it started developed the only authentic cure, till yet) have cured +250K covid (all variants, stages) patients all across the globe, never lost a single. And some online too. I can treat it blindly cause am am confident. In 4 decades of my practice have never lost one. I take calculated risks, cause I know my job.

@zbook , is it possible using command prompt commands to merge partitions (W11: C and Data : D both bitlocker encrypted), would appreciate it.

No reason to play safe, since I have a full backup, JIC.

Thanks.