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Removing Dual Boot Windows 7
I've read a few related posting/etc, but my problems are a slight various.
I was using the Free Window 7 Ultimate Beta for a few months.
Then bought a new Quad i7 64-Bit Laptop with 64-Bit Windows 7 Pro pre-installed.
But wanted a fresh clean install with partitions and without most unwanted pre-installs.
Made sure I had all the required drivers plus the Windows 7 64-bit DvD.
I then ran into a fresh install problem that many others seem to have.
Installing from the 64-Bit Windows 7 Pro Dvd to a totally clean disk.
Well, for thousands like me, it hangs and fails, but I eventually found a solution as below.
Tried several other Internet/forum/blog solutions which all failed, but below worked.
On a single disk, I made two partitions (plus the recovery partition) 0, 1, and 2
I had previously made a bootable install Dvd for the now old Ultimate Beta.
So, I installed that previous Windows 7 Ultimate Beta (now expired) onto partition 2
I assumed installing onto partition 2 was a clever bit of pre-planning.
All ok and after it booted up fine, I then could/did install the new 64-Bit Windows 7 Pro onto partition 1.
So, now I have a dual boot, but both are Windows 7 and I boot and use the new Windows 7 Pro fine.
But even though the new wanted O/S is on partition 1 and the unwanted Beta is on partition 2,
the registry and all paths on the wanted partiton 1 are labeled as D:\
I have installed onto this this D: almost everything I want and need.
There is nothing I need or want on partition 2 with old Beta O/S but labeled C:
I want to "safely" ...
a) totally zap partition 2 which is labeled C: and perhaps leave unallocated
b) re-label partition 1 from D: to C: without confusing the bootmgr nor registry.
c) remove the dual boot selection screen
d) then reclam the unallocated space and recreate a new partition and a new formatted logical drive D:
Fairly confident, but also very afraid I might end-up lossing everything again and starting all over again.
Any help or advice would be extremely welcomed.