I know with win 8 I could delete the partitions but I have almost 120gb on my Samsung 850 EVO taken up by unallocated space/recovery (60gb/65gb) that has been taken up. Someone previously suggested that I do a clean install of Windows 10 and wipe the partitions but I'm a little lost as to how to go about that. It's frustrating only having 90gb available in my C drive. Can anyone give me a breakdown of where and what I'm supposed to do in order to wipe the other partitions so I have the full capacity on my SSD? Thanks in advance.
SSD still not showing full capacity after win 10 reinstall
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CountMike
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When starting clean installation of windows there is almost at the beginning opportunity to delete all partitions and let windows make what it needs.
Just follow instructions: =Installation%20and%20Setup]http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html?filter[2]=Installation%20and%20Setup
Just follow instructions: =Installation%20and%20Setup]http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html?filter[2]=Installation%20and%20Setup
I did exactly that though, I booted from the USB and reinstalled windows, but I get no prompt for my CD key or any kind of customization options where I would delete the partitions. That's why I figured I must of been doing something wrong somehow.
lordmogul
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Having a big recovery partition sounds to me like a drive shipped with a prebuilt machine.
Windows does create some small partitions on the system drive for certain functions, but these are usually less than 500 MB in total.
If the space is really unallocated you might just expand your already created partition to use the rest of the drive.
If it is being used by recovery stuff on your existing partition(s) check what is in there and if you need it.
For example the "Windows.old" folder is created while "upgrading" to a more recent version of Windows (7 -> 8, 8 -> 10, 7 -> 10) and stores the installation of the old system and some other files. If you're satisfied with the update you might do a quick look though it, if there are any files you want to keep and then just delete it.
Windows does create some small partitions on the system drive for certain functions, but these are usually less than 500 MB in total.
If the space is really unallocated you might just expand your already created partition to use the rest of the drive.
If it is being used by recovery stuff on your existing partition(s) check what is in there and if you need it.
For example the "Windows.old" folder is created while "upgrading" to a more recent version of Windows (7 -> 8, 8 -> 10, 7 -> 10) and stores the installation of the old system and some other files. If you're satisfied with the update you might do a quick look though it, if there are any files you want to keep and then just delete it.
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