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Delete Recovery Partition

  1. Open an admin command prompt and enter.
    diskpart

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  2. List the disks within diskpart by typing the following command. 
    list disk

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  3. Select the disk that contains the recovery partition using the following command (replace the number with the correct disk).
    select disk 0

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  4. List the partitions on the chosen drive so you can select the recovery partition using the following command.
    list partition

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  5. Select the partition you believe is the recovery partition by using the following command.
    select partition 1

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  6. List the partition details with the following command to verify it's the recovery partition.

    For GPT disks, the Type will be de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac.
    For MBR disks, the Type will be 27.

    det part

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  7. After confirming the selected partition is the recovery partition, use the following command to delete it.
    delete partition override