Delete Recovery Partition using DiskPart (Admin)

Delete Recovery Partition using DiskPart (Admin)

1. Open DiskPart

• Press Win + X → Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin)

• Run:

diskpart

---

2. Identify the disk

list disk

Note the disk number (usually 0).

select disk 0

---

3. Find the recovery partition

list partition

Look for:

• Type: Recovery

• Size: usually 500 MB – 1 GB

Example:

Partition 4    Recovery    1000 MB

---

4. Select the recovery partition

select partition 4

---

5. Delete it (force delete)

Recovery partitions are protected, so you must use override:

delete partition override

You should see:

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

---

Optional: Reclaim the space

If the deleted partition was next to your main Windows partition:

select volume C
extend

(Only works if the free space is adjacent.)

---

Exit DiskPart

exit

---

(Optional but recommended) Disable WinRE before deleting

If you want to be extra clean:

reagentc /disable

After deletion, check status:

reagentc /info

---

Want to recreate it later?

You can restore WinRE with:

• Windows install media

• Or manually re-enable with reagentc /enable after creating a new recovery partition