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I need to delete that nasty recovery image partition which is taking up my space as I moved my windows and recovery drive to different hard disk

It won't delete (when I right click it says nothing besides "Help").

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I also tried deleting it via command prompt, nothing happens!

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    Have you tried using diskpart?
    – Systemmanic
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:36
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    yes, in command prompt
    – Deimantas
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:37
  • Did you run the cmd as admin?
    – Systemmanic
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:38
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    did it just now(yes) says can't run on current boot..
    – Deimantas
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:41
  • If it's really annoying, you could always move what you want to keep and DBAN it.
    – meatspace
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:47

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Unfortunately according to this:

if you are trying to erase the system disk that hosts the C: drive where Windows itself is installed and running, then even the powerful DISKPART command can't work: Windows simply refuses to erase the drive from which it is running.

To erase such a disk, you need to physically remove it from the computer, attach it to another computer as an external drive, and then use DISKPART on that computer to erase the disk.

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  • Although, you may be able to boot a live cd of Linux and remove it, worth a shot. (Try using 'gparted')
    – Systemmanic
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:43
  • im NOT erasing C: drive... my recovery drive is Not windows host disk and its not efi partition
    – Deimantas
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:43
  • im trying to install liunux on disk where recovery drive is now, my windows are in different disk, but im still using my , main one
    – Deimantas
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:44
  • The partition your trying to delete is on the host drive that your c: partition is on so try and remove it via a Linux host.
    – Systemmanic
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:45
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    If you mean a different environment then yes, this has nothing to do with disks. You could boot linux from a dead badger and still delete it regardless of what disk it is on.
    – Systemmanic
    Feb 13, 2015 at 19:47

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