Windows 7: delete XP from dual boot ...

Hi,
I first installed WinXP on the first partition of hard disk - drive C:. After that I installed Windows 7 on a new created 4. partition of the HD. When I start Windows 7 using boot menue, drive C: ist now for Windows 7 and D: is for WinXP with following status displayed by disk managment:
C: startpartition, paging file, core dump, logical
D: system, active, primary
Becauser I dont need WinXP anymore, can I delete the partition of C: and install instead a new linux OS on it? Will D: automatically be the system and active drive?
Thx,
Cu

Hello cu12345, welcome to Seven Forums!



If Windows 7 is on an Extended partition / Logical drive you cannot remove the "System Active" in the XP partition as Windows will not / is not able to boot independently from a Logical drive.

The first thing that will have to be done if another Primary partition is available for use, you will have to convert the Windows 7 Logical drive to a Primary partition using the method out-lined in Option Four in this tutorial at the link below.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD


But before you do anything, post a snip for us to look at using the info below.

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In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a snip of that.

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