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I KNOW this has to be in here somewhere but I've searched for "extra partitions" "recovery partitions" and a half dozen other things and I'm not finding it. So, if this horse has been beaten to death, just point me to where I SHOULD be............
Asus X99 Deluxe, 840 EVO 1TB. Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
This is getting silly. Installed 8.1. Put all the applications on 8.1. Configured 8.1 so it was at least fairly productive. Did SOMETHING bizarre and broke it to the point where nothing could get it back. So, I had to reinstall.
In with the disk, start the install and it said it couldn't install because the SSD was MBR instead of GPT. Tried the not UEFI DVD and it installed BUT IT CREATED TWO ADDITIONAL HONKING BIG PARTITIONS IN FRONT OF THE SYSTEM ONE. Rummaged around and found information that said if you create the partition for the system, the installation WON'T waste and extra 500 GB of space...
Went in with diskpart and created a 150 GB gpt partition. Finally managed to get installed. Put in the drivers and such so the thing finds the monitors and is functional... Checked and there are STILL two partitions (Recover Partition, EFI System Partition) after the system partition.
I have no intention of using bitlocker any time soon, NOR do I want to waste an additional 400 GB of space on the O/S. SO, how do I get rid of these "extra" (trying hard not to call them vulgar things) partitions and just have the one I created contain the O/S?
8.1 must be fantastic under the covers, 'cause so far it's been such a royal PITA I can't believe anyone would mess with it otherwise......
Asus X99 Deluxe, 840 EVO 1TB. Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
This is getting silly. Installed 8.1. Put all the applications on 8.1. Configured 8.1 so it was at least fairly productive. Did SOMETHING bizarre and broke it to the point where nothing could get it back. So, I had to reinstall.
In with the disk, start the install and it said it couldn't install because the SSD was MBR instead of GPT. Tried the not UEFI DVD and it installed BUT IT CREATED TWO ADDITIONAL HONKING BIG PARTITIONS IN FRONT OF THE SYSTEM ONE. Rummaged around and found information that said if you create the partition for the system, the installation WON'T waste and extra 500 GB of space...
Went in with diskpart and created a 150 GB gpt partition. Finally managed to get installed. Put in the drivers and such so the thing finds the monitors and is functional... Checked and there are STILL two partitions (Recover Partition, EFI System Partition) after the system partition.
I have no intention of using bitlocker any time soon, NOR do I want to waste an additional 400 GB of space on the O/S. SO, how do I get rid of these "extra" (trying hard not to call them vulgar things) partitions and just have the one I created contain the O/S?
8.1 must be fantastic under the covers, 'cause so far it's been such a royal PITA I can't believe anyone would mess with it otherwise......
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built
- CPU
- Intel 5820
- Motherboard
- Asus X99 Deluxe
- Memory
- Crucial Ballistix 32GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- GTX 970 FTW
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2, 30" U3014
- Hard Drives
- 1TB 840 EVO O/S, apps, all non-image data
2, 3TB Seagate for images
2, 2TB Seagate for backups
3, 1TB external backups
- PSU
- EVGA Gold 1000W
- Case
- Antec
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-D15
- Internet Speed
- 20 MB
- Browser
- Firefox