Can i erase my x86 partition and only keep the x64 without trouble ?

freudes said:

@mitchell : yes, that's what i would do usually, but we move the computers to a new studio tomorrow and will do some management on it. It may appear weird, but we decided it's time to do some cleaning on the drives before going further, as i only have two empty hdd slots in my tower and we need to install a hackintosh on it. So i guess it'll be mandatory stress time

OK I just thought it was leaving things till the last minute - that's the usual time that things go wrong!
Good luck anyway! or Bonne chance

No references to F (old 32 bits) in bcd output... fine.

Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {5479a091-5e31-11df-a681-9361ad8aac3b}

an empty identifier, and not referenced at all

Code:

bcdedit/delete  {5479a091-5e31-11df-a681-9361ad8aac3b}

I also see: displaybootmenu Yes
So it always shows bootmenu... even if you only have 1 boot entry. Remove it, so it's only shown on dual boot

Code:

bcdedit/deletevalue  {bootmgr}  displaybootmenu

Did you delete F already?

You did all I asked you to do? System boots fine now? You want the free space added to C? If so Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online download the last one called "Free Download Bootable CD Now!"
Burn to dvd and boot from it. Right click on the partition with label "SYSTEM 64" . Click move/resize. Make unallocated space before=0 and allocated space after=0 as well. Press OK. Press Apply.

It takes a long time to complete. But after completing succesfully... you have a large C disk. Boot from harddisk now. It should boot normally now. If not... Startup Repair

freudes said:

Thanks a lot ! But if i can just do New Simple Volume on F, i'll go this way for now. Also, i can't reboot right now, i have a folder sync in process, but you think it'll be ok if i've done everything you said ?

Thanks again

Only thing you did was:

• Delete F. Not referenced by bootmenu. Not needed to boot
• Cleaned bcd. (a not referenced empty identifier, and displaybootmenu)

So actually you didn't change anything to the bootprocess.

You can create a new simple volume if you want (quick format). But if that's what you wanted... you could have done a simple FORMAT F as well.

freudes said:

No no, i'd still like to extend C, but this i'll do AFTER the project. Thanks a lot for your help.

Just shrink or delete the new F.

In case of delete: Of course first backup if you want to keep files of F. Or transfer them temporary to C.
How to extend C I did describe earlier