Windows Created New Drive That Can't Be Removed

[Minky7]

So, I have Windows 10 and it just did one of it's big updates (creator's update or whatever it was this time), but now I have this annoying new drive partition on my SSD. Worse yet, the thing is almost full and windows keeps notifying me. When I go into it; it shows as empty, even if I select to show hidden drives and folders. Pics here: https://imgur.com/a/30kKAHK Any ideas on how to remove it? I don't get any options to delete or merge or anything when I right click in Disk Manager.

 

[ko888]

That's the Recovery partition. You can't remove it as is. You can right-click on that partition and remove the assignment of a Drive Letter.

 

[Minky7]

That's the Recovery partition. You can't remove it as is. You can right-click on that partition and remove the assignment of a Drive Letter.

I see, that'd make sense. Would the removal of a drive letter be done in disk manager? Because disk manager only gives me the option of "help" when I right click on that partition.

 

[ko888]

When I originally installed Windows 10, a couple years ago, I also had the same problem with that Recovery partition being almost full. Back then I was able to remove the assigned drive letter and that solved the problem. Now when I go into Disk Management, after you mentioned that there are no enabled options other than Help, it appears that Microsoft has disabled that functionality. I do see the Delete Volume... menu option for the Recovery partition enabled on mine though.

 

[USAFRet]

Here is how to remove that drive letter:
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/153261-fix-windows-10-1803-update-new-full-drive-creation

 

[Minky7]

Here is how to remove that drive letter:
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/153261-fix-windows-10-1803-update-new-full-drive-creation

Thank you so much! It was driving me insane and I couldn't find the solution anywhere! This fixed it, no problem.

 

[USAFRet]

Here is how to remove that drive letter:
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/153261-fix-windows-10-1803-update-new-full-drive-creation

Thank you so much! It was driving me insane and I couldn't find the solution anywhere! This fixed it, no problem.

Very common issue, happening with the 1803 April update.
I've seen probably a dozen here just today.

For some reason, none of my systems had this issue.

 

[ko888]

I think the problem only happens when a Recovery partition did not exist previous to the Spring Update (i.e. if an upgrade to Windows 10 was performed from an older version of Windows).