Disk Management - 25gb primary partition, unallocated drive letter.

[gravymister]

Hi,
So I inadvertently stumbled onto the disk management program, whilst looking for disk cleanup... and was a little confused to find a 25gb primary partition which was totally unassigned. It won't let me do anything to it other than delete it. So I guess the question I'm asking is, can I delete this partition and assign the 25gb to another drive... or, is this important? I've heard manufacturers often include an inaccessible recovery partition... but 25gb is space I could use...

I've included a screenshot in case my description was a bit rubbish.

Thanks,
Paul

 

[derekimo]

Welcome to the forum,

Can you post a better screenshot with everything in view,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

 

[gravymister]

Thanks for the reply,
Sure thing, I've attached one.

 

[pbcopter]

It looks like it might be a recovery partition put there by ASUS.
Although, it seems a bit large.

 

[gravymister]

Can I remove it? Or would that not be a good idea? Or could I make it smaller?

 

[derekimo]

It appears to be empty, can you give it a drive letter to see if there's anything in there?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82994-drive-letter-add-change-remove-windows.html

 

[gravymister]

I don't think it'll let me do that, I don't know why.

 

[derekimo]

Yeah, looks like it.

Just searching around the internet reveals it is a recovery partition common for Asus.

I guess you need to decide if you want that feature left intact.

 

[theog]

Have you made the ASUS OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

 

[4wd]

Useful info in this thread (partition showing 100% free but is not free).

 

[gravymister]

Ah thanks guys, so it seems to me, having read the post that 4wd linked too, that perhaps its best just to leave it alone and not mess around it with it.

I've not created the recovery discs no, perhaps I should do that!