Deleting recovery partition on Windows 8 tablet

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patrickpruett

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I have a Acer Iconia W700
It is a tablet PC with an i3, full windows 8, and a 64g hardrive.

I reinstalled windows and it installed a 20g partition for recovery which, as you can imagine, takes up most of the space on the hardrive.

I have tried to delete it but disk management offers me no options. I have created a recovery usb but no option was given to delete the partition.

How can I get rid of it? Thanks!
 
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A number of laptops and tablets from different manufacturers have the same problem.

The usual reply is:

Use an SD/microSD for the extra storage.

The slightly better reply is:

Install programs directly to the SD card by creating a folder on it called "Program Files" then just change the drive letter when installing.

But some software will not allow you to install to removable media

The best reply is:

1) Create a new folder on C: called "MicroSD" or similar (your choice)

2) Right-Click on "My Computer/This PC" icon and select Manage

3) Select Disk Management

4) Right-Click on your SD card (usually D: ) and select Change Drive Letter..

5) Click the Add... button

6) Choose "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder" and browse...
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A number of laptops and tablets from different manufacturers have the same problem.

The usual reply is:

Use an SD/microSD for the extra storage.

The slightly better reply is:

Install programs directly to the SD card by creating a folder on it called "Program Files" then just change the drive letter when installing.

But some software will not allow you to install to removable media

The best reply is:

1) Create a new folder on C: called "MicroSD" or similar (your choice)

2) Right-Click on "My Computer/This PC" icon and select Manage

3) Select Disk Management

4) Right-Click on your SD card (usually D: ) and select Change Drive Letter..

5) Click the Add... button

6) Choose "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder" and browse for your new folder

7) Click OK

8) Return to C: in Windows Explorer and find your new folder, which will now appear as a shortcut

9) Right-Click and select properties

10) de-select "Read only" and click OK

11) Double-click the shortcut and create a new folder "Program Files". If you are on 64 bit windows create another called ("Program Files (x86)"

12) You should now be able to see the "Program Files" folder if you open the D drive with Windows Explorer. This proves it works!

You can now install all and any software on your newly created folder, including all 10GB of Visual Studio 2013!

When given the option of where to install select C:\MicroSD\Program Files\ as the install location.
 
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