{"id":1,"date":"2026-08-29T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T17:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.15.145\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-08-29T18:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T18:08:18","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"How to Expand the Windows partition when the recovery one is in the way?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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you\u2019ll be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. delete the recovery parttion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. extend your C: partition to a desired size<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. recreate the recovery partition with the correct type<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. format the recovery partition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    1. identify and delete recovery partition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    so, first you need to disable it, that\u2019s the already known command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    reagentc \/disable\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    with that done, launch diskpart<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
    where you pick your OS drive by ID and the recovery partition by ID<\/strong>. And then you delete it. This is possible using the override<\/code> keyword asking Windows to not consider that protected partition a protected protected partition for that short moment where you delete it<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    list disk  #< identify OS drive here, example below is 'disk 0'\nsel disk 0\nlist part  #< identify recovery partitition here, example below is 'part 3'\nsel part 3\ndelete part override\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    2. resize your C: partition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    where you select your OS partition by ID and increase its size \u2013 while leaving space for the recovery partition\u2019s recreation. The partition resize automatically triggers the filesystem resize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    list part #< OS partition, C:\\ Drive letter is part 2 in example below\nsel part 2\nextend size=112000\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    3. create recovery partition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    where you re-create the recovery partition for later use. if you (reader, not OP) has a UEFI system this command will DIFFER. See Microsoft KB5028997<\/a> for details about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    3.1 Basic Disks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    create partition primary size=1000 id=27\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    3.2 GPT Disks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    On GPT disks, you\u2019ll get an error about incorrect syntax for this. There use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    create partition primary size=1000 id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    If this worked, the new partition is auto-selected and can be formatted. If it didn\u2019t work, then please stop here and debug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    format quick fs=ntfs label=\"Windows RE tools\"\nexit\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    1. You can then use the partition ID from @AdamKalisz\u2019s comment below!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The newly created partition is automatically selected by diskpart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. You want a size of 1GB for the partition to avoid errors from windows Upgrade (that\u2019s the\u00a00x80070643<\/code>\u00a0error code). It can hit the error condition when updating the recovery code (done via windows update).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      4. enable recovery partition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      now you can re-enable the new recovery partition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      reagentc \/enable\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      That\u2019s it. I had to do this a few days ago, and there\u2019s really no need to have a downtime for this. You might still need to reboot for the update, but at least it\u2019ll be at a time of your chosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      If the update error doesn\u2019t go away, you might want to investigate windows update client issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      5. When your system never had a valid RE image<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      There\u2019s also an edge case if there\u2019s no valid copy of the recovery image on disk \u2013 there still can be a partition, but it might be invalid. I\u2019ve also seen cases with 3 rescue partitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      5.1 Mounting a WIM image and extracting the WinRE boot image<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      In such cases, you can<\/em> proceed \u2013 but: you might need to re-genererate the RE image. This works along the lines what is described here: https:\/\/www.elevenforum.com\/t\/deleted-windows-recovery-partition-how-to-make-a-new-one.11534\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
      5.2 Working with readonly (DVD) media<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      Just note that you might need to change some flags for dism to work with a readonly image. i.e. I needed dism \/mount-wim [...] \/readonly<\/code> and dism \/unmount-wim [...] \/discard<\/code> when working from a dvd image, and then you also need to re-locate the RE path to your actual partition. just check it with \/info<\/code> to be sure it\u2019s in the right spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      5.3 Don\u2019t lose the security patch!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      Since MS updated the RE image in early 2024, you should also make sure that if you use a DVD source that you\u2019ll use one that is recent enough to contain a \u2018safe\u2019 winre.wim<\/code> (*).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      (*Footnote: Yes, I know that is tricky or might be nigh impossible on editions like LTSC. I suppose maybe one can then reinstall the januar 24 patch, but I don\u2019t know. I made a life choice to not do windows support decades ago and this is info as far as i\u2019ll bend that rule)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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      you\u2019ll be able to: 1. identify and delete recovery partition so, first you need to disable it, that\u2019s the already known command: with that done, launch diskpart where you pick your OS drive by ID and the recovery partition by ID. And then you delete it. This is possible using the override keyword asking Windows to not consider that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudsolvd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}