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If you are ever going to clean install, keep Windows on a separate partition like 100GB, 66GB is required.Any other housekeeping tips would be appreciated, too.
Thanks. I am comfortable with the command line from old DOS days and, latterly, Linux. All done now. Thank you everybody for the assistance.If you do not like CMD, you can use 3rd party app like Macrorit Partition Expert Free.
Just select the recovery partition and delete, then General - Apply changes - restart.
If you are ever going to clean install, keep Windows on a separate partition like 100GB, 66GB is required.
You could create system backups, at the moment, the backup would take 400GB with nowhere to place it.
It's not the megabytes, it's the principle of the thing.I have a question - does regaining 600+ MB on a drive with almost 2 TB of space actually mean anything?
If they are detrimental in some way, such as slowing your system down, or something, sure - but both of them together are less than 1.3 GB of space - literally less than 0.1% of the total space of your drive.
Run reagentc /info to find out which is the active partition - it will almost certainly be the fourth partion (560.93 MB)I was checking my disk layout and I see that, for some reason, I have two recovery partitions. Why would that be? Any other housekeeping tips would be appreciated, too. This is Windows 11.
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Recovery tools partition
Create a separate recovery partition to support automatic failover and to support booting Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption-encrypted partitions.
We recommend that you place this partition in a separate partition, immediately after the Windows partition.
This allows Windows to modify and recreate the partition later if future updates require a larger recovery image.
The Windows RE tools should be in a partition that's separate from the Windows partition.
This separation supports automatic failover and the startup of partitions that are encrypted by using Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption.
The recovery tools should be in a separate partition than the Windows partition to support automatic failover and to support booting partitions encrypted with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption.
I have a question - does regaining 600+ MB on a drive with almost 2 TB of space actually mean anything?
If they are detrimental in some way, such as slowing your system down, or something, sure - but both of them together are less than 1.3 GB of space - literally less than 0.1% of the total space of your drive.
No. But it's not about the space. I like things to be tidy. I was also wondering why there were two of them and if they are needed.
Better to use reagentc/info as I have seen cases where older one waa active although no idea why.Just for information, when two recovery partitions have been created I just use MiniTool partition wizard. Right clicking the recovery partitions and selecting 'Explore' gives the date and time the recovery partitions were created. Delete the older recovery partition then move/resize partitions as required and all done through the program.
I've never come across that issue but will use it to check in future. Thanks.Better to use reagentc/info as I have seen cases where older one waa active although no idea why.
That's why I like to do "reagentc /disable", then delete all recovery partitions. Subsequently, "reagentc /enable" will then put the recovery environment in C:\Recovery.No. But it's not about the space. I like things to be tidy. I was also wondering why there were two of them and if they are needed.
What happens if Windows fails to boot will the troubleshooter screen open to try an automatic boot repair if recovery set to C:?That's why I like to do "reagentc /disable", then delete all recovery partitions. Subsequently, "reagentc /enable" will then put the recovery environment in C:\Recovery.
What are benefits of doing this, e.g.,That's why I like to do "reagentc /disable", then delete all recovery partitions. Subsequently, "reagentc /enable" will then put the recovery environment in C:\Recovery.