Windows 11 upgrade created a second Recovery partition


suatcini54

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I upgraded my Windows installation (build 26100.1150) to build 26100.1297 thru iso downloaded from UUPDump, the upgrade process created a Recovery partition next to my already present Recovery partition. This happened yesterday after I did the upgrade. My previous Recovery partition was 1.81 GB in size and it served well. Now I was donated a second Recovery partition (size 659 MB) as my Disk management screenshot shows.

Did anyone else have the same issue ? I remember having the same problem several years ago where every Windows upgrade installation created its own Recovery partition. I had become a Recovery-partition rich guy at that time.

As you can see from the screenshot, I have dual-boot Windows installation. Only one installation (disk 0) was upgraded to build 26100.1297 and it had the bonus Recovery partition.
 

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro build 26100.1591 (24H2)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-4790
    Motherboard
    Asus H97 Pro Gamer
    Memory
    Teams DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1150
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron E2250
    Screen Resolution
    1920 by 1080 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Crucial NVMe PCIe M2 500 GB (Windows 11 v.24H2); Samsung SSD Evo 870 500 GB (Windows 11 v.24H2);
    PSU
    Corsair HX850
    Case
    Gigabyte Solo 210
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7X Tower
    Keyboard
    Microsoft AIO Wireless (includes touchpad)
    Mouse
    HP S1000 Plus Wireless
    Internet Speed
    200 Mb fiber optic
    Browser
    Chrome; MS Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    MacOS 12 Monterey
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Apple Macbook Air
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    128 GB
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless
    Keyboard
    Built-in
    Internet Speed
    802.11 ac
    Browser
    Chrome; Safari
    Antivirus
    N/A
Merhaba suatcini54,

You can keep the recovery partition that is currently in use, and then delete the extra recovery partition. In this way, disk space can be reclaimed without affecting the operation of the operating system. To find this Windows recovery partition you currently use, you can type "reagentc /info" (without the quotes) at an elevated command prompt.

check-current-recovery-partition.png

In this video, i will guide on how to delete the recovery partition.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Motherboard
    Erica6
    Memory
    Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC671
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
FreeBooter said:
Merhaba suatcini54,

You can keep the recovery partition that is currently in use, and then delete the extra recovery partition. In this way, disk space can be reclaimed without affecting the operation of the operating system. To find this Windows recovery partition you currently use, you can type "reagentc /info" (without the quotes) at an elevated command prompt.

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In this video, i will guide on how to delete the recovery partition.

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Thank you for your prompt response. Unfortunately, even if I regain 1.81 GB of space by deleting and then formatting the unused recovery partition, it will not help much since it is very small. I might want to combine that 1.81 GB space either to Windows partition or to the next partition using Windows command line tools. But I believe this is not easily achievable. So I intend to leave it as is, for now. I can only combine that space to the newly-created recovery partition. But it is not worth the effort since the new Recovery partition of size 659 MB should be enough for the job.
Thanks anyway for your kind reply.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro build 26100.1591 (24H2)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-4790
    Motherboard
    Asus H97 Pro Gamer
    Memory
    Teams DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1150
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron E2250
    Screen Resolution
    1920 by 1080 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Crucial NVMe PCIe M2 500 GB (Windows 11 v.24H2); Samsung SSD Evo 870 500 GB (Windows 11 v.24H2);
    PSU
    Corsair HX850
    Case
    Gigabyte Solo 210
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7X Tower
    Keyboard
    Microsoft AIO Wireless (includes touchpad)
    Mouse
    HP S1000 Plus Wireless
    Internet Speed
    200 Mb fiber optic
    Browser
    Chrome; MS Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    MacOS 12 Monterey
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Apple Macbook Air
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    128 GB
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless
    Keyboard
    Built-in
    Internet Speed
    802.11 ac
    Browser
    Chrome; Safari
    Antivirus
    N/A

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Motherboard
    Erica6
    Memory
    Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC671
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro build 26100.1591 (24H2)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-4790
    Motherboard
    Asus H97 Pro Gamer
    Memory
    Teams DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1150
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron E2250
    Screen Resolution
    1920 by 1080 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Crucial NVMe PCIe M2 500 GB (Windows 11 v.24H2); Samsung SSD Evo 870 500 GB (Windows 11 v.24H2);
    PSU
    Corsair HX850
    Case
    Gigabyte Solo 210
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7X Tower
    Keyboard
    Microsoft AIO Wireless (includes touchpad)
    Mouse
    HP S1000 Plus Wireless
    Internet Speed
    200 Mb fiber optic
    Browser
    Chrome; MS Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    MacOS 12 Monterey
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Apple Macbook Air
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    128 GB
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless
    Keyboard
    Built-in
    Internet Speed
    802.11 ac
    Browser
    Chrome; Safari
    Antivirus
    N/A
You as well.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Motherboard
    Erica6
    Memory
    Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC671
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
You can use MiniTool PW to peruse the contents of the recovery partitions. Keep the recovery partition with the newest file dates, delete the other one then extend your C: drive to use the free space created.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Core i7-13700K
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790
    Memory
    64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
    Sound Card
    Realtek S1200A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VP2770
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME SSD & SATA HDDs & SSD
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 850W
    Case
    Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Digital Media Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    50 Mb / s
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender
As you commented there is little to gain in size.

Another method using command line is to delete both recovery partitions then extend C: then shrink C: to create a new recovery partition of the preferred size.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
    Memory
    16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
    Hard Drives
    Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
    Other Info
    Mobile Workstation
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