Windows 10 Update & Clean Install Partition Nightmare

[pattysal]

Hey guys,

So I upgraded my PC from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and I noticed that my primary drive kept the old recover partition. I then did a clean install and chose the option to completely wipe my drive (thinking this would clear all partitions), but now I have a cluster**** on my drive. I'm having no issues, but I would really like to clear this up.

1) (Disk 1) Is there a way to keep my C: drive partition intact, delete unnecessary parts, and reorder them without doing a reinstall of my OS? If not, how do I completely wipe all parts before a clean install?
2) (Disk 2) I only use this drive for the file history feature to backup my documents, do I really need the first 2 partitions on this drive? And how can I delete them?

Thanks in advance


Disk 1 is my primary Drive (500GB Samsung SSD)
Disk 0 is the HDD that came with my machine which I am using for backup (1TB HDD)

 

[Emerald]

I would recommend a fresh install.

disconnect Disk0
start the install of Windows10.
at the screen where you choose the drive, press SHIFT+F10.
start Diskpart
Type list disk
Type sel disk X ( where X is the 500GB SSD)
Type clean
exit the DOS window
click Refresh
select the drive to install Windows on.

 

[pattysal]

Thank you this worked perfectly.