Recovery Partition & Extending Volume on new Drive
A couple of quick steps you need to follow if your new Hard drive has larger capacity than your original one and the additional space is listed on your new drive as a separate "recovery partition"
From an elevated CMD prompt
DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 223 GB 1024 KB
Partition 3 Recovery 450 MB 223 GB
DISKPART> select partition 3
Partition 3 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> delete partition override
DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 223 GB 1024 KB
Then ....
Go to Disk Management. ...
Locate the free space under Disk Management. ...
Right click C drive and select the item "Extend Volume".
When the Extend Volume Wizard opens, click Next to proceed through the setup.
Select the free space you want to allocate and click Add. ...
Review your selection and click Finish.
Simples :-)


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