Accidently installed Windows 7 on the D Recovery drive


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 34 bit
       #1

    Accidently installed Windows 7 on the D Recovery drive


    When prompted for installation of W7, I chose the highlighted option which was the D drive (Duh!).


    • I don't care about any programs or data on the system. I am wiping it clean to pass along to my daughter as a Christmas present.
    • The D drive acts as primary and is the only OS installation now.
    • I have plenty of space on the C drive.
    • The D drive is too full to download any programs or .exe files to assist with moving the installation to C.
    • I don't know how to move space from the C drive to the D drive.
    • Windows boots up w/out issue.
    • I am unable to install W7 on C because the registration key is already in use.
    • The D drive will not allow me to uninstall Windows 7.


    With those factors in mind, would I be able to highlight and delete all files in the D drive, then install W7 to the C drive? Or, can you think of a simple and elegant way to back out of this quandary?

    I appreciate your assistance and guidance.

    Thanks!
    Tammy
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 34 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks so much for your response.
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  4. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #4

    It does not look as if there was a system on D. For Windows the partition would be too small anyhow. On C you have a system.
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  5.    #5

    Yes I would redo it but this time correctly boot the Win7 installation media and delete all partitions using the Drive Options in Steps 7 and 8 of Clean Install Windows 7
    to create a new installation partition for Win7.

    Other tips here for getting and keeping a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
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