Windows doesn't let me remove the recovery partition

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marmistrz

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I have a computer with Windows 8.1 preinstalled. I want to install Linux there and to free some space I need to delete the recovery partition

I followed this [1] guide, created 3 recovery drives but Windows doesn't offer me to remove the recovery partition. Tried using diskpart (Windows doesn't let me either) or live GParted (which bricks windows). How can I remove the partition?

[1] How To Delete Recovery Partition In Windows 8
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Antivirus
    Linux needs no AV! :)
Nope, Disks not. GParted is much more powerful, handy and available on the Mint ISO. Anyway, simply deleting the partition breaks Windows. It complains about a device unavailable (0xc0000225)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Antivirus
    Linux needs no AV! :)
Open Admin Command Prompt and use diskpart:
  1. diskpart
  2. list disk
  3. select disk # where # is the disk # containing the recovery partition
  4. list partition
  5. select partition # where # is the recovery partition
  6. delete partition override
 

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
Opened the admin console and:

Code: 
C:\>diskpart 
 
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.3.9600 
 
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation. 
On computer: MONIKA 
 
DISKPART> list disk 
 
  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt 
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  --- 
  Disk 0    Online           29 GB      0 B        * 
  Disk 1    Online          465 GB  1024 KB 
 
DISKPART> select disk 0 
 
Disk 0 is now the selected disk. 
 
DISKPART> list partition 
 
  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset 
  -------------  ----------------  -------  ------- 
  Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB 
  Partition 2    Reserved           128 MB   101 MB 
  Partition 3    Primary             20 GB   229 MB 
  Partition 4    Recovery             8 GB    21 GB 
 
DISKPART> select partition 4 
 
Partition 4 is now the selected partition. 
 
DISKPART> delete partition override 
 
Virtual Disk Service error: 
Usuwanie nie jest dozwolone dla bieżącego woluminu rozruchowego, systemowego, stronicowania, 
zrzutu awaryjnego lub hibernacji. 
 
 
DISKPART>

The text in Polish means:

Code: 
Deleting is not permitted for the current boot, system, page, crash dump or hibernation volume.

But I'm not sure what they meant in one place - it could be recovery volume instead of the crash dump
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Antivirus
    Linux needs no AV! :)
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