Windows 7: Deleting a OS From a Partition

I hoping someone could give me some advice. I have a computer with one hard drive that has been partitioned into a C (Primary) and a D (Logical) drives. I had been dual booting XP on C and Windows 7 RC on D but have since replaced XP with Windows 7 Home Premium on the C drive.

I no longer wish to dual boot so I would like to wipe out the RC on the D drive. Really I don't want to delete the partition but rather wipe it clean and keep it available to be used for storage.

While in disk management I notice that I can highlight the D drive then right click and I see an option to format. Would this accomplish what I'm looking to do or is there another method I should try?

Thanks

Yes, a Quick format will do the job.

Thanks SIW2, I'll give it a go.

Alright I used quick format and it deleted everything on the D partition just like I wanted. But when I restarted windows boot manager still asks me to make a choice as to what version of Windows 7 I want to boot into.

If I were to pick the one that was on the D drive it won't work (as expected). Now how do I get boot manager to stop thinking a OS is still installed on D?

I think what you need is bcdedit from the command line or a program called Easy BCD. The latter is free, easily found, and has a graphical interface that does everything bcdedit does from the command line.

Find it and download it.

Someone will tell you how to operate it.

Try removing the ghost listing in msconfig>boot tab

If this fails, download and install EasyBCD 2.0 Remove ghost listing by name, type and drive letter.

Type msconfig in start search box.

Click it when it pops up. Select the Boot tab. Highlight the entry you don't want , click Delete, Apply, OK , Exit without restart.

You guys rock! Deleting the ghost listing using the msconfig trick worked perfectly.

Thanks thanks again.