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Hello there Storage Mavens,

I just want 1 big C drive for my newly installed Samsung 960 EVO in a Thinkpad 470.

In the picture above, that 1000MB "recovery partition" is getting in the way. I tried to use Disk Management to extend the C: volume. It wouldn't. Because of that 1000MB "recovery partition" in the middle.

I purchased Paragon Hard Disk Manager 16. I have created recovery media and a backup image is in progress now. (It has been at 50% completed for 15 min...)

What should I do next?