Dual boot W7-Vista, how to delete Vista?

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  1. hellgun
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    Windows 7 64-bit
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    Dual boot W7-Vista, how to delete Vista?


    Hi,

    I've been looking around for a good tutorial or something like that on how to delete vista from my computer.
    Some say that when i would just delete the partition my w7 won't start up again.
    Can someone make a tutorial where everything is explained well, or just answer here?
    This is how my disk management looks atm:


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    I think i changed the "active" to where w7 is installed, and also the start up and system.. So you think i can just delete the partitione?

    Sorry for my bad english
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  3. Shadowjk
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    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 ; Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
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    Do you have a Recovery Disk?
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  4. hellgun
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    Yes I have!
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  6. Shadowjk
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    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 ; Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
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    Ok You may want to follow these Options after you delete the Vista Partition

    How to Fix the MBR in Windows 7 | Web Talk and this should hopefully repair the Boot option for you

    Hope This Helps,
    Josh
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  7. hellgun
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    Allright, w7 starting up and running smooth!
    But now i have this 100GB free space that i cannot add to my w7 partition.
    What to do?
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  8. Bare Foot Kid
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    Hello hellgun, welcome to Seven Forums.





    Have a look at the tutorial at the link below, the info in Option One can be used to delete the old Vista partition and then re-size the Windows 7 partition to include that space; everything needed is in the tutorial.
    Be sure to create backups of any data you would now want to lese before you get started, there's been no problems with this program so far but it's always better to be safe than sorry.


    Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD
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  10. hellgun
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    I tried it with my bootable CD with partition manager from TeraByte, that didn't work.
    So I'll give this one a try!

    Thanx
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  11. Bare Foot Kid
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    Partition Wizard will work.
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  12. gregrocker
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    You also need a Repair CD (not a Recovery disk) if you don't already have the Win7 DVD which has a Repair Console. System Repair Disc - Create

    Resizing Win7 into the deleted space can make Win7 unbootable, so you may need to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots to start it back up.

    I am surprised Startup Repair wasn't required when you marked Win7 Active.
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  13. hellgun
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    Yes, I needed that when I made it active.
    Everything is fine now, I got the 100GB with the w7 partition with partition wizard.
    Thanks everyone, this is closed!
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