Recovery partition showing after upgrading to Windows 8.1

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I upgraded my new refurbished Dell 15 7000 from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. Now, my hidden recovery drives are showing on "My Computer". On Windows 8, they were hidden so the user, or softwares, can't access the partitioned recovery drives.

After upgrading to windows 8.1, they are all visible on "My Computer" and files are be written on them. How can I hide these drives? I am afraid of doing Windows Update or installing Office 365 since they extract the files on a different drive and move them back to C drive.



Dell 15 7000 specs
Windows 8.1 upgraded from Windows 8
Intel i7 4500u
Nvidia 750m GDDR5 2GB
8GB memory
1TB Western Digital HDD
4 USB 3.0 ports
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Sorry for the bump, but I made too many spelling mistakes. This was not my fault, it's the iPads. The auto correct feature is a pain.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Open disk management (Win+X->Disk Management) and right click on each of the the partitions->Change Drive letter->Remove will make the partitions hidden.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
Hum I tried that but I can't click on it. I pressed right click and the menus is greys out so I'm not able to change anything. Only help is clickable
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
OK, Since they are recovery partitions, you will have to use diskpart. Open the Admin Command Prompt (Win+X->Command Prompt (Admin)).
  1. Type: diskpart <Enter>
  2. list volume <Enter>
  3. Make note of the number of the simple volume whose drive letter you want remove.
  4. Select volume # <Enter> where # is noted in step 3
  5. Remove Letter=X <Enter> where X is the drive letter you want to remove.
  6. Repeat steps 4-6 for other volumes.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
topgundcp said:
OK, Since they are recovery partitions, you will have to use diskpart. Open the Admin Command Prompt (Win+X->Command Prompt (Admin)).
  1. Type: diskpart <Enter>
  2. list volume <Enter>
  3. Make note of the number of the simple volume whose drive letter you want remove.
  4. Select volume # <Enter> where # is noted in step 3
  5. Remove Letter=X <Enter> where X is the drive letter you want to remove.
  6. Repeat steps 4-6 for other volumes.
Click to expand...


Wow, topgun Thank you so much. It was easy and it worked perfectly. I've been looking for this solution since I got my new laptop.

Aloha
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
I too have this situation, although diskpart did not help.

My partition:
Partition.PNG

meanwhile in diskpart:

Diskpart.PNG

Any reason I can not remove this 400+ recovery?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W7 64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home build
    CPU
    AMD FX 6350 BE 3.9mhz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth V2
    Memory
    Corsair Vengenance 16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 770 4gb ram
    Hard Drives
    Many... 256 gb SSD main drive
    PSU
    Corsair 850
    Case
    CM
    Browser
    IE/Google
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
Remove just gets rid of the drive letter. You haven't got a letter on that partition.

Suggest you use a free 3rd party tool, like aomei partition assistant, or partition wizard. Winre.wim might on there. Better move it first.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
SIW2 said:
Remove just gets rid of the drive letter. You haven't got a letter on that partition.

Suggest you use a free 3rd party tool, like aomei partition assistant, or partition wizard. Winre.wim might on there. Better move it first.
Click to expand...
Thanks, I ran gparted using a Mint disk.

So in order to expand C:/ (above) I need to now assign a letter to the 300gb partition. Correct?

Edit: I used Mini tool partition wizard:thumb:
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W7 64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home build
    CPU
    AMD FX 6350 BE 3.9mhz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth V2
    Memory
    Corsair Vengenance 16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 770 4gb ram
    Hard Drives
    Many... 256 gb SSD main drive
    PSU
    Corsair 850
    Case
    CM
    Browser
    IE/Google
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
tomween1 said:
SIW2 said:
Remove just gets rid of the drive letter. You haven't got a letter on that partition.

Suggest you use a free 3rd party tool, like aomei partition assistant, or partition wizard. Winre.wim might on there. Better move it first.
Click to expand...
Thanks, I ran gparted using a Mint disk.

So in order to expand C:/ (above) I need to now assign a letter to the 300gb partition. Correct?

Edit: I used Mini tool partition wizard:thumb:
Click to expand...
Did you remove the 450MB partition ? In order to merge C: with the 368 GB, they need to be adjacent. However, For Windows OS, 100 GB is good, I would suggest that you initialize the unallocated 368 GB partition and store your personal data there so if in case your Windows becomes unbootable or infected by virus then you don't have to worry about losing your personal data if you have to do a Reset/Refresh. In addition, it would be easier to backup/Restore Windows.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
topgundcp said:
tomween1 said:
SIW2 said:
Remove just gets rid of the drive letter. You haven't got a letter on that partition.

Suggest you use a free 3rd party tool, like aomei partition assistant, or partition wizard. Winre.wim might on there. Better move it first.
Click to expand...
Thanks, I ran gparted using a Mint disk.

So in order to expand C:/ (above) I need to now assign a letter to the 300gb partition. Correct?

Edit: I used Mini tool partition wizard:thumb:
Click to expand...
Did you remove the 450MB partition ? In order to merge C: with the 368 GB, they need to be adjacent.
Click to expand...
Yes
However, For Windows OS, 100 GB is good, I would suggest that you initialize the unallocated 368 GB partition and store your personal data there so if in case your Windows becomes unbootable or infected by virus then you don't have to worry about losing your personal data if you have to do a Reset/Refresh.
Click to expand...
This is what I did w/ mini tool

Thanks mate
Click to expand...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W7 64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home build
    CPU
    AMD FX 6350 BE 3.9mhz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth V2
    Memory
    Corsair Vengenance 16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 770 4gb ram
    Hard Drives
    Many... 256 gb SSD main drive
    PSU
    Corsair 850
    Case
    CM
    Browser
    IE/Google
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
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