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  1. Posts : 93
    windows 7 ultimate was Vista home premium
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       #11

    it still unable to format?
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  2. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #12

    No need to unplug anything, just change the boot order, as advised.
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  3. Posts : 6,830
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
       #13

    Add ram , he wants to delete the D partition .

    You could run the same commands in Command Prompt in Recovery mode . Do you have a windows 7 installation disc if not System Repair Disc - Create then choose command prompt
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  4. Posts : 93
    windows 7 ultimate was Vista home premium
    Thread Starter
       #14

    yes i have the disc
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  5.    #15

    The OP should not format or delete the System partition before the boot files are written to C so we know for sure it can boot on its own.

    You have two HD"s as shown unless there is a serious misreading by Disk Mgmt. It couldn't have both C and D marked Active otherwise, too, since there can only be one Active flag per disk.



    Boot into BIOS setup by tapping the key given for Setup at boot, look under Storage devices to see how many HD's are detected. If it's two as shown in Disk Mgmt, then disable Disk0 temporarily to do the repairs as given earlier.

    If BIOS says there is only one HD, then mark D Inactive to run the 3 Startup Repairs with reboots as given earlier, until Win7 boots and C is marked System Active. Make sure you select the Win7 on C to do the repairs when you boot into DVD or Repair CD.

    If System files continue on D then you will need to run Diskpart Delete Partition Override on the D partition so that no preceding partition can accept the boot files and they are forced written onto C. (E is Logical so can't host them anyway).
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  6. Posts : 93
    windows 7 ultimate was Vista home premium
    Thread Starter
       #16

    ok will give this a try.
    may take a few minutes , i am quite a noobie
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #17

    VistaKing said:
    Add ram , he wants to delete the D partition .

    You could run the same commands in Command Prompt in Recovery mode . Do you have a windows 7 installation disc if not System Repair Disc - Create then choose command prompt
    I knew that.
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  8. Posts : 6,830
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
       #18

    Razzpution

    What is on Drive E:\ ? If you don't need that you could just wipe the entire drive with the clean command
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  9.    #19

    He seems to think there is only one HD. We need to clear that up first. Follow the steps I just wrote.

    Read over the steps first so you know you understand them and if not ask back any questions until you understand fully. These are the steps developed here since before Win7 was even released and used successfully countless thousands of times.
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  10. Posts : 93
    windows 7 ultimate was Vista home premium
    Thread Starter
       #20

    nothing on e or f
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