In today's article we will see how to hide my pc's system recovery partition in windows 10 quite simply in a few steps.
A copy of the operating system installed on the computer with factory settings is stored on the recovery partition. This is to make it easier to retrieve it in case something happens. The problem is, you can't get into that partition.
In turn, when we enter " Computer resources »For example, we need to see that said partition takes up space, do you want to know how to hide it? It is not complicated at all. Even if you decide to delete it, nothing happens. But let's go step by step, first we will see how to hide it without removing anything from it.
Hide the system recovery partition in Windows 10
- The first thing we will have to do is open " Disk management »This can be done by right clicking on the button» starts »And then among all the options that appear we have to right click on the option mentioned above.
- A new window opens in which we will be able to see all the partitions and disks that we currently have on our computer.
- What we will do is locate the partition we want to hide and right click.
- Next, you will have to click on the option » Change drive letter and paths «
- In this new window we will have to select the letter we have assigned to it and then we will have to press " Remove ". Then we will give him " OK «.
- A Windows message will appear informing us that if we delete the letter in question, it will be inaccessible. After confirming this, said recovery partition will visually disappear from Windows.
- Likewise, don't worry as it doesn't affect Windows performance at all, as this partition keeps appearing and from this section you can view it as many times as you want.
How to hide the recovery partition in Windows 10
Even if you want it to be visible again, you can do it by repeating all the steps we did earlier. The only thing that changes is that instead of removing the drive letter, the only thing we will have to do is to give him a new letter.
For this you will have to click on » Add »And give a new letter to said partition and that's it. You will be visible as always. No data will be lost at any stage of the process. If you decide to re-add the partition to make it visible, it will do so with the data it contained previously because it is never removed from our computer.
How to completely delete a recovery partition
It should be noted that this is by no means recommended, not just because of an equipment warranty issue. If not, also because if something happens with the operating system you will have to do a clean installation, a times losing all the personal files you have on your computer.
But, in case you want to take advantage of the space occupied by this partition. What you will have to do is use an app like Easeus Partition Master with which you can extend the space assigned to one of the partitions with the space you have freed up deleting the letter of the recovery partition.
We repeat that it is not the most recommended, as in case something happens with the operating system, you will not have a recovery partition for it and you will have to format. However, if you don't have any kind of problem with this and you want to take advantage of the space on that partition, you won't suffer from any kind of problem even on your computer to do so.
