I have a Dell laptop running Windows 8.1 x64 with UEFI boot. I've been having problems with the Dell Backup & Recovery Utility showing errors. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program but this results in additional partitions being created on the hard drive! I now have 10 partitions on the hard drive ( mostly small) - see the enclosed reports.
Is there a way of reconfiguring the partitions on the hard drive to the configuration of a standard Windows 8 installation without having to wipe the disk and reinstall everything? I have Paragon Partition Manager and Paragon Backup in addition to using the Microsoft utilities (DISKPART). Note the laptop operates normally despite the extra partitions.
DISKPART Report:
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 System 500 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 OEM 40 MB 501 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 541 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 750 MB 669 MB
Partition 5 Primary 911 GB 1419 MB
Partition 10 Recovery 900 MB 913 GB
Partition 9 Recovery 900 MB 913 GB
Partition 6 Recovery 450 MB 914 GB
Partition 7 Recovery 8 GB 915 GB
Partition 8 OEM 8 GB 923 GB
Is there a way of reconfiguring the partitions on the hard drive to the configuration of a standard Windows 8 installation without having to wipe the disk and reinstall everything? I have Paragon Partition Manager and Paragon Backup in addition to using the Microsoft utilities (DISKPART). Note the laptop operates normally despite the extra partitions.
DISKPART Report:
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 System 500 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 OEM 40 MB 501 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 541 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 750 MB 669 MB
Partition 5 Primary 911 GB 1419 MB
Partition 10 Recovery 900 MB 913 GB
Partition 9 Recovery 900 MB 913 GB
Partition 6 Recovery 450 MB 914 GB
Partition 7 Recovery 8 GB 915 GB
Partition 8 OEM 8 GB 923 GB
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 64 bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Build
- CPU
- Intel i3570K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-77X-UD5H
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire R9 280X Toxic
- Sound Card
- Realtek on motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Viewsonic VP2770
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 x 1440
- Hard Drives
- Intel 520 180GB SSD
Seagate 2T HDD
Seagate external 1T USB HDD
- PSU
- XFX 850W
- Case
- Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-D14
- Keyboard
- Microsoft
- Mouse
- Microsoft
- Internet Speed
- 50Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome