Hello, so not long after doing a clean install of Windows 7-64 bit on my new Samsung SSD 840 evo 250GB on my Alienware X51 R1 system, and installing all the correct drivers in the correct order, I was happy with everything. I had a look around on the system before I started to install any useful programs, and was happy. I took note that 199GB of 232GB was taken up on my new Samsung 840 Evo SSD, which I was happy about and after reading around 232GB is pretty normal for a new SSD I thought everything there was fine.
So, after maybe an hour or so - and not connected to the internet during any of this time - I have a look around again and in the same place on My Computer it tells me 199GB of 225GB has been taken up? I thought that's not right? I then proceed to look into Disk Management and this shows a 7GB Recovery Partition has been randomly created in that time? I think possibly I could put this down to AlienRepsawn software which ran but actually failed to complete it's procedure, I was supposed to create a "base image" for it but the whole thing went wrong as I was using a new SSD and the AlienRespawn software requires a Dell recovery partition which of course no longer exists as I have the new SSD installed rather than the HDD which was in my system initially.
The second thing that could have created this recovery partition is Windows itself, right? I don't recall any sign of that taking place between the time I checked the SSD at 232GB and when it went down to a total of 225GB. I am trying to get rid of the 7GB healthy recovery partition as I don't want it taking up this space, and if it is indeed the AlienRespawn software which created this then it gives me all the more reason to remove it and get my total space back up to 232GB. I mean once I start installing some programs and games then that 7GB would be very useful for me in freeing things up. Disk Management WILL NOT let me remove it though, hence the reason I came here to ask the question? Please help me out. Thanks.
So, after maybe an hour or so - and not connected to the internet during any of this time - I have a look around again and in the same place on My Computer it tells me 199GB of 225GB has been taken up? I thought that's not right? I then proceed to look into Disk Management and this shows a 7GB Recovery Partition has been randomly created in that time? I think possibly I could put this down to AlienRepsawn software which ran but actually failed to complete it's procedure, I was supposed to create a "base image" for it but the whole thing went wrong as I was using a new SSD and the AlienRespawn software requires a Dell recovery partition which of course no longer exists as I have the new SSD installed rather than the HDD which was in my system initially.
The second thing that could have created this recovery partition is Windows itself, right? I don't recall any sign of that taking place between the time I checked the SSD at 232GB and when it went down to a total of 225GB. I am trying to get rid of the 7GB healthy recovery partition as I don't want it taking up this space, and if it is indeed the AlienRespawn software which created this then it gives me all the more reason to remove it and get my total space back up to 232GB. I mean once I start installing some programs and games then that 7GB would be very useful for me in freeing things up. Disk Management WILL NOT let me remove it though, hence the reason I came here to ask the question? Please help me out. Thanks.
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