Solved Drive partitions merge?

NavyLCDR · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
I ran the command " reagentc /disable" I haven't deleted and cannot delete Recovery.

D is no more there, but Recovery is....

Thanks.

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diskpart
select disk 0
list part
select part # <-replace # with the actual number for the recovery partition
delete part override
exit
exit

NOTE: it should be partition 4

Then follow that with:
diskpart
select disk 0
select part 3
extend
exit
exit

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
Use Minitool Partition Wizard.

@NavyLCDR , is there a command to restore D with Restore still there, I don't intend using Minitool, back to where I was.....take to pc tech to install W11.

Thanks.

NavyLCDR · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
@NavyLCDR , is there a command to restore D with Restore still there, I don't intend using Minitool, back to where I was.....take to pc tech to install W11.

Thanks.

See post #21

However, there was no indication in your posts that you wanted to keep D: drive.

You made it sound like you wanted to merge D: and C: drives. Then you said D: drive was empty. Therefore, I provided you with the means to merge empty space into C: drive. Now you want to restore D: drive?!?

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
diskpart
select disk 0
list part
select part # <-replace # with the actual number for the recovery partition
delete part override
exit
exit

NOTE: it should be partition 4

Then follow that with:
diskpart
select disk 0
select part 3
extend
exit
exit

@NavyLCDR , thanks your expert recommendations, commands did the job.

Why is my machines memory usage remains between 6-9 gigs with browsers and Words docs, any idea..... @cereberus , usage is max 4, any ideas?

Thanks and all the best again.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
See post #21

However, there was no indication in your posts that you wanted to keep D: drive.

You made it sound like you wanted to merge D: and C: drives. Then you said D: drive was empty. Therefore, I provided you with the means to merge empty space into C: drive. Now you want to restore D: drive?!?

I assumed Recovery couldn't be deleted why not restore the empty D. I have a full backup.....

But your expert command did the trick.

Ghot · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
I assumed Recovery couldn't be deleted why not restore the empty D. I have a full backup.....

But your expert command did the trick.

What did I tell ya. Two brains.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

@NavyLCDR , do you recommend doing a clean install cause of more than normal memory usage?

Thanks.

Ghot · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
@NavyLCDR , do you recommend doing a clean install cause of more than normal memory usage?

Thanks.

Not necessary. You can probably discover and reduce memory usage via Task Manager.
Ofc, you can do a clean install... but then you'll need to remove the recovery partition again.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
Not necessary. You can probably discover and reduce memory usage via Task Manager.
Ofc, you can do a clean install... but then you'll need to remove the recovery partition again.

How in Task manager? Am using almost twice of what @cereberus is using.....

Ghot · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
How in Task manager? Am using almost twice of what @cereberus is using.....

You probably have twice as many things running in the background.
Generally, with 16GB of RAM and your processes trimmed down, you'll use about 3.2 GB of RAM, assuming normal background processes.

I run Bitdefender AV/firewall, which is NOT on a diet, and I only use 3.1 GB of RAM.
I also run 4 other 3rd party programs, that run in real time.

Also, if you reboot every now and then it clears a lot of RAM usage.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
You probably have twice as many things running in the background.
Generally, with 16GB of RAM and your processes trimmed down, you'll use about 3.2 GB of RAM, assuming normal background processes.

@Ghot , how do I trim down processes?

Thanks.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
You probably have twice as many things running in the background.
Generally, with 16GB of RAM and your processes trimmed down, you'll use about 3.2 GB of RAM, assuming normal background processes.

I run Bitdefender AV/firewall, which is NOT on a diet, and I only use 3.1 GB of RAM.

Also, if you reboot every now and then it clears a lot of RAM usage.

I don't use any AV except MBAM. Normally 3 Brave tabs, and 3 Word documents are opened on this.....

Ghot · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
I don't use any AV except MBAM. Normally 3 Brave tabs, and 3 Word documents are opened on this.....

Reboot and then check Task Manager > Performance > Memory

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
Reboot and then check Task Manager > Performance > Memory

Ok.

Ghot · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
Ok.

Here... I'm on Win 10 atm, but my Win 11 is the same...

5 FF tabs, Bitdefender, EVGA Precision, AIDA64, Translucent and Rounded TB, all running in the background.
And... I'm watching Frankenstein (1931), from my HDD via VLC Media Player.
I have removed a lot of Windows Apps on both Win 10 and Win 11.
After a while with no reboot, I can get up to about 4.5 GB (30%), RAM usage.

I have EDGE blocked in my Firewall. I removed all the Xbox junk, Widgets, Teams, etc.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
Here... I'm on Win 10 atm, but my Win 11 is the same...

View attachment 42962

5 FF tabs, Bitdefender, EVGA Precision, AIDA64, Tanslucent and Rounded TB.
I have removed a lot of Windows Apps on both Win 10 and Win 11.
After a while with no reboot, I can get up to about 4.5 GB (30%), RAM usage.

I have EDGE blocked in my Firewall. I removed all the Xbox junk, Widgets, Teams, etc.

Woh it's awesome.....

1st screen capture is after reboot only.

2nd with 2 brave tabs and 2 Word files opened.

How do I remove W11 unrequired apps, background processes, windows processes, which are approx. 100 each.

Which unrequired apps, processes are eating memory and how to terminate them?

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
Here... I'm on Win 10 atm, but my Win 11 is the same...

View attachment 42962

5 FF tabs, Bitdefender, EVGA Precision, AIDA64, Translucent and Rounded TB, all running in the background.
And... I'm watching Frankenstein (1931), from my HDD via VLC Media Player.
I have removed a lot of Windows Apps on both Win 10 and Win 11.
After a while with no reboot, I can get up to about 4.5 GB (30%), RAM usage.

I have EDGE blocked in my Firewall. I removed all the Xbox junk, Widgets, Teams, etc.

How do you do all this?

Thanks.

Alexey2912 · Oct 20, 2022

@NavyLCDR , any command to run or simply sfc scan?

Thanks.

Ghot · Oct 20, 2022

Alexey2912 said:
How do you do all this?

Thanks.

Mainly with REVO Uninstaller > Windows Apps.
In the Windows Apps section, I removed everything but these items.

But this is just my solution... there are others.

NavyLCDR · Oct 20, 2022

Ghot said:
What did I tell ya. Two brains.

I so very obviously have only 1. I have so little artistic/creative ability, I can't even draw a stick figure. Although my wife did banish me from the kitchen when I used frosting to make anatomically correct gingerbread cookies.