Disk Management Showing Duplicate Drive Partitions

Hey everybody,

I am newly discovering drive partitioning and thought I would try it on my new HP 2570p Elitebook. I can't figure out why my computer is showing double drive partitions for D and E drives. Anybody know why this is?
Also can anyone explain what the 1000MB and 100MB "Healthy" drives are used for. Can I delete them and merge with my C: drive for more memory?
(On a side note disk management and computer management aren't even giving me an option to delete when right-clicking on the drives)

My ultimate plan is to install windows 7 on C: drive solely by itself to get rid of all the bloatware that came with my computer, and have a partitioned D: drive for all my pics/music etc. using partition wizard. I'm hoping to maximize hard drive space because I have a 128 GB SSD.
Please use simple terms because I am new to all this!
Thanks for all the advice/help in advance.

 

I answered this in PCHF
 
EDIT
 
I said ......
 
NO - do not delete these partitions they are needed.
The 100MB ( EFI ) contains Boot Loader and Device Drivers.
The 1000MB partition looks like it contains Recovery Files to enable you to recover the system if necessary.
They do show 100% free space though - which is odd.
Best left alone - you wouldn't gain much anyway http://www.pchelpforum.com/xf/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" title="Smile " alt="clear.png

I can't offer an explanation why two partitions are shown twice at the top.
On only one occasion is the File System shown ( NTFS / FAT32 ) on the other it is missing.

 

Thanks KenB, I am still not finding any answers why my computer is showing duplicate partitions.  Maybe you can help me with another question?
Is 60 GB a normal amount of used memory for a new computer from the manufacture? I understand new computers always come with some amount of bloatware but my 60 GB right out of the box seemed excessive.
Also when I right click on the partitions all I get is a help function. No delete or merge or shrink. Any ideas?
 
Thanks

 

Sorry for the late reply - I missed this one.

That seems a bit excessive.
Having said that - I have just checked my new(ish) Win 8 computer and that has 41GB used memory.
I have removed things like McAfee and other odds and ends - but have installed stuff too.

Are you aware that Win 8 has its own Anti-Virus ( Defender ) which is probably disabled and you will have something like McAfee or Norton for a trial period ?

 

Hi, if I can add, I have no idea why those partitions are listed twice, however one of each has to be false as the main layout at the bottom doesn't show them as doubled, plus the maths don't work out either. If there was two partitions of say the recovery (E: ) they would amount to over 25GB which is more than is available.
if those entries can't be deleted, I would leave them alone as they aren't harming anything.

Nev.