Create Recovery Partition

#1. Create Recovery Partition Manually

First, verify there is no recovery partition.

1. Open Disk Manager by right clicking the start menu, and choosing Disk Manager.
2. Verify you don't already have a recovery partition created. They will typically be under 1GB and next to the health status will be labeled (Recovery Partition). If there is one created, follow these instructions to delete the partition.

   
   

3. Open an admin command prompt and enter the following command to verify the recovery partition is disabled.

   reagentc /info

   

   If the recovery partition is not disabled, run this command to disable it.
   

   reagentc /disable

   
   

Using Disk Manager, choose and shrink the existing Windows partition to create space for the new recovery partition.

In the Shrink options, in the "Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB:" field, enter 1024 and click Shrink.

Once there is now enough space on the C drive to create a recovery partition, open an admin command prompt and enter.

diskpart

List the disks within diskpart by typing the following command. 

list disk

Select the disk that you edited the partition for in step 5 using the following command (replace the number with the correct disk).

select disk 0

List the partitions on the chosen drive so you can select the partition you created in step 5 by using the following command.

list partition

 

Select the partition you created in step 5 by using the following command.

select partition 1

 

#2. Create/Delete Recovery Partition while Creating Recovery Drive

There is another way to help you delete the partition. This trick appears during the process of creating a USB recovery drive.

1. Click “Search” icon, and enter recovery drive in the search box, and then select Create a recovery drive.

Depending on your version of Windows, it may be listed as simply "Recovery Drive".

2. After the recovery drive tool opens, make sure the “Back up system files to the recovery drive” is selected, and then select Next.

3. Insert a USB flash drive into your PC that's at least as large as the size indicated on the screen. Select the USB flash drive connected you connected and click “Next” to continue.

4. Click “Create” to begin creating the recovery drive.

5. When the process is done, do not select Finish. Select Delete the recovery partition to remove the recovery partition from your PC and free up disk space. Then click on Delete. This will free up the disk space used to store your recovery image. When the removal is done, select Finish.

Note✍: Some PCs do not provide an option to delete the recovery partition. If you encounter this situation, it means that your PC does not have a recovery partition that uses additional disk space.