Cloning back from SSD to HDD (Partition Issues)

ByronX

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Hi everyone, I recently cloned my HDD to my SSD for better performance but now I have to return the laptop due to CPU issues. I tried cloning the SSD to the HDD with EaseUS but I'm getting the error message "Not enough unallocated space on the target disk" (https://imgur.com/a/DErMaUT).

I'm trying to move my OS back to the HDD from the SSD. I have to return the laptop soon so any help would be much appreciated. Here are my partitions: (https://imgur.com/a/WbZd8xk)

This is the screen I'm stuck on: https://imgur.com/a/O7If4ay
 
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You should first verify, your pc can boot with only ssd connected. You have bootloader files on both drives and I can't tell, from which drive it is booting.

You can delete partitions with diskpart or better just use diskpart clean command.
  • diskpart
    list disk
    select disk 0
    clean
    exit
Be careful! Clean command is data destructive. Don't clean the wrong disk.

ByronX

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Would it damage my computer if I deleted the System Partition and the Recovery Partition?
If not, how do I delete these partitions?
 
You should first verify, your pc can boot with only ssd connected. You have bootloader files on both drives and I can't tell, from which drive it is booting.

You can delete partitions with diskpart or better just use diskpart clean command.
  • diskpart
    list disk
    select disk 0
    clean
    exit
Be careful! Clean command is data destructive. Don't clean the wrong disk.
 
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