Your Ultimate Guide for How to Remove OEM Partition

I. What is an OEM partition and can it be deleted?

1. What is OEM partition?

The OEM partition is usually used by the brand machine manufacturer to store the pre-installed system, factory random software and one-key restore software. If an unexpected error occurs after updating the system version and cannot be repaired, you can use the files in the OEM partition to restore the computer to the old version of the operating system. With this partition, you can quickly restore factory settings without using an operating system installation disk, which is very convenient.

2. Can the OEM partition be deleted?

Regarding the question of whether the OEM partition can be deleted, the answer is that it can be deleted. The reasons include the following:

● The OEM partition will occupy a large storage space on the computer, especially when multiple Windows updates cause the computer to create multiple OEM partitions. Since the OEM partition is divided into inactive partitions, you cannot use it. In order to free up disk space, You can delete the OEM partition.

● If you have created a Windows system installation disk, the OEM partition is not necessary for you, you can delete it.

● If you do not want to restore the factory settings under any circumstances, for example, you want to use other methods to restore or install the system, you can also directly delete the OEM partition.

Although the OEM partition can be deleted, the deletion operation will not cause other problems of the computer, and will not affect the upgrade of the system version, but if the OEM partition is deleted and the system has problems again, your device will not be able to restore the factory settings normally (with a Windows system installation disk or through other methods backup system except in the case of Therefore, it is recommended that you do not delete the OEM partition easily. If you really need to delete the partition due to insufficient disk space, please also consider the countermeasures in case of system failure in advance, such as backing up the system or important files to an external hard disk in advance.

After knowing the pros and cons of whether to delete the OEM partition, it doesn’t matter if you still want to delete it. Next, the editor will teach you how to safely delete the OEM partition.

II. How to correctly and safely delete the OEM partition?

Unlike other partitions, you cannot directly delete the OEM partition, even if you right-click the partition in Disk Management, you will notice that there is only a (Help) option, not a (Delete Volume) option. However, you can quickly delete the OEM partition with the help of the Diskpart tool. The following are the detailed steps.

Step 1: Run the computer, search for (Diskpart) in the search box in the lower left corner, right-click it, and select (Run as administrator) to open the Diskpart program.

Step 2: Type (list disk) and press the (Enter) key to view all disks in your computer. After that, enter (select disk 0) to select the disk where the OEM partition is located. You can first confirm the disk where the OEM partition is located in Disk Management.

Step 3: Next, type the (list partition) command and press the (Enter) key to list all the partitions on the selected disk. Then enter (select partition 2) again (partition 2 is the partition to be deleted, the number can be modified according to the actual situation) to select the partition to be deleted. Finally, type (delete partition override) again to delete the selected partition. Then enter (Exit) to exit the Diskpart program.

The above is the detailed operation method to delete the OEM partition by using the Diskpart program. Since the OEM partition is deleted, it is impossible to restore the factory settings when the system fails, so it is recommended to use a professional data backup tool – Renee Becca to back up the system to an external hard disk, so that the current system partition status can be backed up. The system can be restored when needed.

III. Backup your system with Renee Becca

1. What is Renee Becca?

Renee Becca is a tool specially used for system/hard disk data backup and restoration. It can help you back up and restore important data in your computer, such as programs, system configuration, emails, photos, videos, documents, bookmarks, etc. It adopts the leading incremental/differential backup technology, which can save you more time and disk space. In addition to supporting system backup, it also supports partition backup, hard disk backup, file backup, and disk cloning to meet your needs. need.

2. How to use Renee Becca to back up the system?

Backup system with Renee Becca is very simple, the specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Becca on the computer, and select the (System Backup) option in the main interface (Backup) column.

Step 2: Next, select the source file (device) and the destination. The source file (device) generally selects the system partition by default, and the destination can choose the location where you want to save the system backup. It is recommended to choose an external hard disk to store the system backup. The software also supports the establishment of automatic backup plans and backup modes. If there is a need for regular backup of the system, the following settings can be made: In (Backup Scheme), select a suitable backup scheme mode according to individual needs. Renee Becca has 5 backup schemes available Choices, namely version chain mode, single version mode, monolithic mode, incremental mode and differential mode.

Then in (Task Scheduler), you can set a daily/weekly/monthly automatic backup plan and the time to start the backup, click (OK) to enable the automatic backup function.

Step 3: After all the settings are completed, click (Backup Now) and wait for the system backup to complete.

3. How to restore the system with the help of Renee Becca?

If you want to restore the system, you can check the following. The specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Run Renee Becca, switch to (task) in the function bar at the top of the interface, and then select the (rescue disk) option.

Step 2: Select the type of rescue disk to be created. Please select according to your disk and computer conditions. After the selection is completed, connect a blank CD or U disk to the computer, and click Select (Next) to create a startup disk.

Step 3: Connect the boot disk (CD/U disk) to the computer where you need to restore the system, and enter the BIOS interface through the shortcut key when starting up, and change the boot sequence to boot from the created rescue disk. Take the following BIOS interface as an example, you can set the boot disk you just created as the first in the boot sequence in Boot Priority, then save the settings and restart the computer.

Step 4: After successful startup, select the system backup version you need to restore and the target location to restore in the window. If the previously backed up system is saved in an external hard disk, please connect it to the computer and select it. At the same time, check (Let target disk can be booted) option. Finally, click the (Restore) button to start executing the system restore command.