====== Delete Partition on WINDOWS ====== Focused on the recovery partition, windows cannot expand main partition because of recovery partition right after this. In order to expand, recovery partition needs to be removed. ===== Pre-Checks ===== Open the Computer Management Utility to identify the partition, in this case the recovery, using Disk Management tool. ===== Diskpart ===== User Search tool at Windows Start symbol and type > Diskpart Right click and open as administrator. ===== Partitioning using Diskpart in terminal mode ===== To determine disk unit number: list disk To access disk with the number: select disk T list partitions inside this disk: list partition To open the partition to be deleted: select partition To permanently delete partition: delete partition override ===== Joining Free Space With Exisiting Partition ===== Open the Computer Management Utility and using Disk Management tool, right click on existing partition to be extended and select > Expand... ===== Expand Disk Space For Virtual Machine ===== To add more capacity in a virtual machine disk, follow these instructions and get back to this guide [[cloud:kvmpartition|VM Partition Modify]]