Unallocated Space can be used as storage for Restore Points?

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So I just formatted my laptop and I had a Recovery space of 14.65GB that refuse to become a part of the Primary Partition so I thought to use it to store Restore Points there, so I don't lose/delete them no matter how old they are, something that happens when I do Disk Cleanup in my HDD.

This is a pic of the Disk Management, if anyone has any idea how to merge C with the F (which is the previously Recovery space) I'm all ears, if not I'd love to hear how I can make it a storage for the Restore Points:

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Btw Dell Laptop N5110, W7 Ultimate x64 =D
 
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SkyNetRising
If you just reformated/reinstalled everything, then just do it again.
But this time before reinstallation clean your drive.

You can do that from windows install media:
Repair your computer/Command prompt
and enter commands
diskpart
list disk (gives list of your disks, choose one where windows will be installed, should be #0)
select disk 0
clean
exit
Click to expand...

If you don't want to reinstall, then you can attach f: partition as subfolder in drive c: also.

But no, you cant use that space for restore points of another partition.
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If you just reformated/reinstalled everything, then just do it again.
But this time before reinstallation clean your drive.

You can do that from windows install media:
Repair your computer/Command prompt
and enter commands
diskpart
list disk (gives list of your disks, choose one where windows will be installed, should be #0)
select disk 0
clean
exit
Click to expand...

If you don't want to reinstall, then you can attach f: partition as subfolder in drive c: also.

But no, you cant use that space for restore points of another partition.
 
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When I put Windows I made the mistake of deleting the space and when I formatted the HDD the extend option wasn't on.
How can I do the attach thing, 'cos I really don't want to reinstall everything, especially since I have to have the laptop ready to go by tomorrow and just the Windows Update will take all day
 
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Create empty folder on drive C:
Name it accordingly to whatever you're going to store there.
In Disk Management window rightclick on F: partition, choose:
Change Drive letter and paths/Add/Mount into following NTFS folder
and specify folder, you created previously on drive C:

After that you can remove drive letter F: from that partition.
 
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There is another rather simple & straightforward option you may want to consider.

Since for all practical purposes the F: partition is devoid of data you can go ahead and just delete the partition. Its disk-space will then be unallocated.

Use a third-party partition management program, e.g., AOMEI Partition Assistant, and then merge the C: partition with the unallocated disk-space.

NOW THERE'S ALWAYS A CAVEAT FOR A USER WHEN HE/SHE USES ANY PARTITION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TO MANIPULATE DRIVE PARTITIONS. WE'VE ALL LEARNED FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE THAT !@*# HAPPENS - THINGS CAN GO AWRY WHEN UNDERTAKING MAJOR CONFIGURATION CHANGES OF ONE'S HDD/SSD; SO WITH THAT IN MIND...

It's simply good practice that BEFORE undertaking these types of changes a user should take the precautionary step of backing up his/her entire PC system. This can be easily done through the use of a disk-cloning program. Naturally another HDD/SSD will be necessary to serve as the recipient of the cloned contents of the user's source disk but the user should ROUTINELY be using a comprehensive backup system.

 
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Oh yeah I know about that, I've been the mayor of @*#-happens City for a week now with my 2TB EHD....(I never want to format that EVER again). But I actually did something like that since I'm not someone that can abide half measures, even though Skynet's solution is the safer one. I used EasyUS to do it and merge the 2 spaces ricking not cloning the disk since although I wanted to avoid re-formatting I was prepared to do it, since as it was nothing of importance was in the laptop that I couldn't re-install.
 
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