I have a Toshiba laptop with 2 partitions- One with windows vista on it and one for backups. I want to join the two partitions and use the Windows 7 Upgrade pack and do a clean installation. How would i go about joining the two partitions? Am i able to use the upgrade version to install it?
Thanks for any help in advance!
Thats great thanks. Am i able to buy the upgrade version or do i need to purchase the full version to be able to do this?
Hi, I am trying to shrink my Toshiba Recovery HD Partition but i cant. The recovery takes up 10gb but the hard drive is 30gb. I would like to shrink it so that i am able to add it to my Seven partition when it arrives.
Don't shrink, delete. If it won't delete using Disk Management or a third party Partition Manager like (free) Partition WIzard (32,64) or Easeus (32), then it is an EISA partition which needs a special diskpart workaround:
Delete and Remove to Unlock EISA Hidden Recovery or Diagnostic Partition in Vista My Digital Life
I tried to install 7 but when i restart the computer from the disk - i am only given the option to delete the partition and am not able to join the free hd space to the vista partition.
Do i need to delete the vista partition before i am able to join the free space with the vista partition. I also have the Upgrade edition, will deleting the vista partition make me unable to install 7?
Let's make this easy:
Back up all of your files onto an external drive, stick or disk
Boot from the Windows 7 installer, choose Custom install, Advanced tools.
Highlight each partition shown and Delete.
When all partitions are deleted and showing as "Unallocated space", select Create and make one big partition
Format that partition and install.
The installer should see your Vista when it boots up and allow you to give your key and activate.
Later, if you want to make a data partition, use Disk Management to shrink the one big partition, Create what you want, then format it and install data.
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