Disk Management Won't Allow Me To Delete Partitions (Options Greyed-Out)

[WestonG]

Hello,

I would like to delete partitions on a drive that was once used as a system drive. I formatted the drive with the intent of using it as extra storage but then realised that there remains two partitions on the drive. Recovery Partition (450MB) and EFI System Partition (100MB).

As I understand it these are from the windows installation that used to be on the drive and are no longer needed. If I go to Disk Management and right click these partitions, the Recovery has no options at all (just help) and the EFI has the usual options list but all are greyed out.

Any ideas how to remove these partitions? The space is just wasted as this drive is no longer a system drive.

Thanks for any advice or suggestions.

 

[WestonG]

Used a third party software instead. Not sure why Disk Management would not let me but AOMEI Partition Assistant allowed me to do so with ease. Recommend the software for anyone having trouble with Disk Management.