Win7/Vista dual-boot ?

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I have a Gateway desktop that came with Vista32-bit Home
Premium oem. It sits on C:\drive. The other day using my Win7 upgrade dvd I installed win7 to my J:\drive which had Win7 rc 7100 on it-----this was accomplished by booting from the dvd formatting the j:\drive and installing Win7 without entering product key. After the install completed I inserted the dvd while in Win7's desktop and performed an inplace upgrade this time entering the product key and so had an activated Win7.

I don't want a dual-boot Windows system and have decided to remove the Win7 install and do an inplace upgrade of my Vista(C:\drive) I need to do this because if I did a clean install I would lose several programs that came oem.

In disc management what is the best thing to do
to my Win7 partition. Quick format the volume or just delete the volume?
 

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Gateway GM5470E Desktop Computer
OS
Windows 7 32bit
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AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core 4000+ processor
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ECS MCP61P-AM motherboard(micro_atx)
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Post a screenshot of disk management so we have complete understanding of system which enables us to advise with best accuracy, please.
 

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self built
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7600.20510 x86
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P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
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MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
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OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
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HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
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22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
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torrentg said:
Post a screenshot of disk management so we have complete understanding of system which enables us to advise with best accuracy, please.
Click to expand...
Here you go. C:\ is Vista
 

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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 32bitAMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core 4000+ processor2048 MB DDR2, 667 MHz, (PC2-5300)Pny NVIDIA GeForce gt610 1024mb ddr3
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Gateway GM5470E Desktop Computer
OS
Windows 7 32bit
CPU
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core 4000+ processor
Motherboard
ECS MCP61P-AM motherboard(micro_atx)
Memory
2048 MB DDR2, 667 MHz, (PC2-5300)
Graphics Card(s)
Pny NVIDIA GeForce gt610 1024mb ddr3
Sound Card
on-board integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Vizio 24 inch 1920x1080 hd Tv
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 3500 series 120gb
PSU
Corsair 430
Keyboard
Gateway wireless
Mouse
Gateway wireless
Internet Speed
2.2 .868
Browser
Seamonkey
Your case is simple. Quick format J: to NTFS. Use Easybcd to remove the bcd entry to J's Win7 so the boot choice screen will be gone.

Or you could delete J partition and combine with other free space already shown to make one larger partition.
 

My Computer My Computer

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7600.20510 x86P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHzOCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHzHIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
torrentg said:
Your case is simple. Quick format J: to NTFS. Use Easbcd to remove the bcd entry to J's Win7 so the boot choice screen will be gone.

Or you could delete J partition and combine with other free space already shown to make one larger partition.
Click to expand...

That's what I thought. Thanks a bunch.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 32bitAMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core 4000+ processor2048 MB DDR2, 667 MHz, (PC2-5300)Pny NVIDIA GeForce gt610 1024mb ddr3
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Gateway GM5470E Desktop Computer
OS
Windows 7 32bit
CPU
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core 4000+ processor
Motherboard
ECS MCP61P-AM motherboard(micro_atx)
Memory
2048 MB DDR2, 667 MHz, (PC2-5300)
Graphics Card(s)
Pny NVIDIA GeForce gt610 1024mb ddr3
Sound Card
on-board integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Vizio 24 inch 1920x1080 hd Tv
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 3500 series 120gb
PSU
Corsair 430
Keyboard
Gateway wireless
Mouse
Gateway wireless
Internet Speed
2.2 .868
Browser
Seamonkey
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