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Clarification about moving bootmgr
Hello all,
I had a friend help me install Windows on my custom build a long time ago using a free OS from my university. He installed both Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate in 2 partitions (and I have another, separate logical volume for a total of 3). At the time I thought nothing of it however I'm ready to install Windows 10 and would prefer to have only one single volume/partition.
I currently only boot my Windows 7 Pro and use it for everything and as such my plan was to simply delete my Windows 7 Ultimate partition and add it to my Pro (C: ) drive. I ran into complications when I found out that my bootmgr (active partition) is actually my Windows 7 Ultimate (D: ) drive. I browsed through this thread: Bootmgr - Move to C:\ with EasyBCD and it seems simple enough to change.
My question is then: because I use my Pro for everything and EasyBCD is only free for non-commercial use (ie. my Ultimate) is my best course of action to boot into my Windows Ultimate(D: ) and move my bootmgr to my pro (C: ) drive?
While I have backed up all my important files I would just like clarification before proceeding. Will doing the above have any effect on my files on C:?
Would following this be any better: Move Windows 7 boot files to another drive ?
Any help is greatly appreciated.