Wiping HDD after cloning to a new SSD, planning to use HDD as additional storage. Is it okay to wipe all partitions?

wins_all_games

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My disk has 3 partitions.
1. system reserved (100 MB)
2. Primary partition (930.97 GB)
3. Recovery Partition (450 MB)

So far, I have formatted partition 2 and wiped it clean. Is it okay to delete the other two partitions so that I just have one large partition spanning the whole drive? or is it advisable to leave those partitions in since they may have some sort important function left?

I have already successfully booted with the new SSD and everything runs great.

I do want to use the HDD as additional storage for misc files in addition to installing programs on it that don't require the SSD's extra speed.
 
Solution
You cloned to the new drive.
Now, you need to verify before you delete anything.

Power off.
Disconnect all drives except the new SSD.
Power up.

Does it boot correctly?
If so, then you can reconnect and kill off every partition on the old HDD.

USAFRet

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You cloned to the new drive.
Now, you need to verify before you delete anything.

Power off.
Disconnect all drives except the new SSD.
Power up.

Does it boot correctly?
If so, then you can reconnect and kill off every partition on the old HDD.
 
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