Windows 7: Dual Windows, Dual HDD's and two system patitions

MasterChief0300 · 09 Feb 2012

So as the title says, i have Windows 7 on my main HDD. And i have vista on the second HDD. I want to delete the patition with Vista on it but it wont allow me, nor give me the option. What should i do?

Appriciate the help!

AddRAM · 09 Feb 2012

Unplug your Vista drive and do a startup repair up to 3 times with your Windows 7 installer (dvd disc) your system files are on your Vista harddrive. That is why it won`t let you delete it. Reconnect your drive and you should then be able to delete it.

boyans · 09 Feb 2012

Just for the record:
How is it possible that your system is booting to disk 2 (to Vista disk) ?
1. Are the disks remapped in BIOS ?
2. Are you selecting at boot time which disk to be booted ?

Windows 7 and Vista boot always to first disk active partition....

seavixen32 · 09 Feb 2012

Have a look at this tutorial, which explains how to remove the active flag from the Vista partition and run a startup repair to get Windows 7 to boot up.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

gregrocker · 09 Feb 2012

You can choose which HD to boot in BIOS setup - Vista on Disk1 is apparently set to boot first.

Unplug Vista HD, make sure Windows 7 HD is set first HD to boot in BIOS setup after DVD drive, run three Startup Repairs as suggested which will write the System boot files to the Active partition.

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