Windows doesn't let me remove the recovery partition

[marmistrz]

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

 

[Mark Phelps]

Mint 17.2 includes the Disks app. Have you tried using that to remove the Recovery partition?

 

[marmistrz]

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)

 

[topgundcp]

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

 

[marmistrz]

Opened the admin console and:

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:

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