Dead Partition: Need Help Restoring or Deleting

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  1. Posts : 1,944
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
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    Dead Partition: Need Help Restoring or Deleting


    No, this has nothing to do with my computer. It does, but it doesn't have anything to do with my Windows 7 system. Anyway, a while back, I made dual boot partition with Windows 10 Insider Preview and Windows 7. After I restored my system using the Acer disks, my dual boot configuration stopped working. I am assuming the Windows 10 partition is dead.

    Below is the screenshot and to the right is the Windows 10 partition that is selected.
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  2. Posts : 5,656
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    See if you can make it work with EasyBCD? Here is the tutorial https://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/dual-boot/bcd-based/ supports up to 8/8.1 perhaps W10 will work as well
    If not, you can just format that partition I guess.
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  3. Posts : 1,944
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
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    GokAy said:
    See if you can make it work with EasyBCD? Here is the tutorial https://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/dual-boot/bcd-based/ supports up to 8/8.1 perhaps W10 will work as well
    If not, you can just format that partition I guess.
    Okay. Thanks, I will see if it will work.
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  4. Posts : 1,944
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    GoKay, that didn't give me a download link.
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  5. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    Hi do you still have the install media for win-10tp JJ ?
    You can probably boot to it and use the startup repair,

    If you intend on upgrading your 7 install with 10 I'd just format the partition and be done with it.
    Right click the dead partition and click on Format. ntfs.
    After that all the space on D will be available.
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  6. Posts : 1,944
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    ThrashZone said:
    Hi do you still have the install media for win-10tp JJ ?
    You can probably boot to it and use the startup repair,

    If you intend on upgrading your 7 install with 10 I'd just format the partition and be done with it.
    Right click the dead partition and click on Format. ntfs.
    After that all the space on D will be available.
    I believe I still have it. I will go and check.
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  7.    #7

    Install EasyBCD (click Download - no Name or Email required)
    to Windows 7 to add Windows 10 (probably listed in the choice menu as Windows 8 instead). If this doesn't work then as stated you can boot the Windows 10 disk into Repair choice on second screen to run an Automatic Repair - same as Windows 8 Automatic Repair

    if you don't want Windows 10 then post a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image and we'll help you remove it as long as it isn't marked System Active.
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  8. Posts : 1,944
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    Okay. Thanks Greg. All in all, Windows 10 is okay, but I really don't see a difference in it than Windows 8. Does that change my mind about updating to Windows 10? No, it doesn't. I will update to it, to stay current.
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  9. Posts : 1,944
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
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    Can someone show me how to delete that Windows 10 partition? I really don't see the need in it, since I am going to upgrade to Windows 10 when it gets here.
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  10. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    Go to the same place where you took the screen shot JJ,
    Right click the D partition and click on Format.

    You can also open disk management and do the same thing,
    After that just right click it again and click on delete,
    Delete will turn it into Unallocated space once that happens you can increase the size of the C partition to take up the entire area again.
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