System Drive Has allocated but unusable Partition space?

[hodzic12]

So I will attach an image of my partition space http://i.imgur.com/VVKRMFr.png

The blue box is currently what my C: drive holds, as in it's only a 38.5 GB SSD, however, the redbox included 22 GB's of allocated but not usable? I see nothing over it and I have no options to allocate it to the actual C: Drive. Is there a way I can get this 22GB's or is it already used for something that I don't know about?

I really need this space as I am quite literally hitting the max for my PC daily. I fluctuate between 1GB and 100 MB's everyday as I struggle to free up space of my SSD.

Edit: Apparently, I was looking around and I used AOMEI and it's labeling that 22.5GB's as "Recovery". Can I remove it as recovery and relocate it to my C: Drive?

 

[ArtPog]

1. You've got a more pressing problem than that 23 GB partition, so let's start where you should be starting, capiche?

2. Delete the E: partition so that all that empty disk-space becomes unallocated; then use Disk Management to extend the C: partition containing your (I assume) Win 7 OS so that the C: partition will encompass that disk-space and "grow" to about 96 GB. I assume you know how to use DM to "extend volume". If you don't, do a Google search for instructions.

3. Now you can attend to that 23 GB partition. Delete the (empty) partition. Presumably you should be able to do so using DM but on the off-chance that DM won't permit deletion of that partition you will need to use the Diskpart utility. (I assume you know how to use Diskpart if it's needed; if you don't know how to use that utility do a Google search for instructions.) But hopefully you should be able to delete the partition using DM.

Now it would be best to merge the resultant unallocated disk-space from the deleted partition with the C: partition but unfortunately you cannot use DM to do so. You will need one of those third-party partition management programs that are available on the net to accomplish this. (MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good one; there are many others available.)

4. So once you merge that 23 GB partition with your C: partition your 128 GB SSD will be basically single-partitioned with a disk-capacity of about 118 GB or so, - where it should be, capiche? So all that disk-space will be devoted to your C: partition which, of course, contains your OS.

I SHOULD ADD THE FOLLOWING TO MY ABOVE ADVICE...
We ALWAYS recommend that BEFORE undertaking substantive drive configuration changes (along the lines I've recommended above), it's a good idea - a very important idea - to FIRST clone the contents of the drive you're manipulating to another drive. So in the event the process goes awry for one reason or another, you have a "fall-back" solution at hand and you can return the system to its original state.

In your specific situation you could temporarily clone the contents of the boot drive to your secondary 3 TB HDD for temporary safekeeping.

 

[hodzic12]

1. You've got a more pressing problem than that 23 GB partition, so let's start where you should be starting, capiche?

2. Delete the E: partition so that all that empty disk-space becomes unallocated; then use Disk Management to extend the C: partition containing your (I assume) Win 7 OS so that the C: partition will encompass that disk-space and "grow" to about 96 GB. I assume you know how to use DM to "extend volume". If you don't, do a Google search for instructions.

3. Now you can attend to that 23 GB partition. Delete the (empty) partition. Presumably you should be able to do so using DM but on the off-chance that DM won't permit deletion of that partition you will need to use the Diskpart utility. (I assume you know how to use Diskpart if it's needed; if you don't know how to use that utility do a Google search for instructions.) But hopefully you should be able to delete the partition using DM.

Now it would be best to merge the resultant unallocated disk-space from the deleted partition with the C: partition but unfortunately you cannot use DM to do so. You will need one of those third-party partition management programs that are available on the net to accomplish this. (MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good one; there are many others available.)

4. So once you merge that 23 GB partition with your C: partition your 128 GB SSD will be basically single-partitioned with a disk-capacity of about 118 GB or so, - where it should be, capiche? So all that disk-space will be devoted to your C: partition which, of course, contains your OS.

I SHOULD ADD THE FOLLOWING TO MY ABOVE ADVICE...
We ALWAYS recommend that BEFORE undertaking substantive drive configuration changes (along the lines I've recommended above), it's a good idea - a very important idea - to FIRST clone the contents of the drive you're manipulating to another drive. So in the event the process goes awry for one reason or another, you have a "fall-back" solution at hand and you can return the system to its original state.

In your specific situation you could temporarily clone the contents of the boot drive to your secondary 3 TB HDD for temporary safekeeping.

Oh my god. I always thought that the E: drive referred to the disk drive for some reason. First time in 2 years I actually enterred the E; Drive and it was empty. I feel like a fool. Thank you so much. Deleting the E: Drive instantly gave me around 59GB's according to DM. This helps so much!!!!