What should i do with my partitions


  1. Posts : 31
    win 7 - vista
       #1

    What should i do with my partitions


    Hi, i initially had windows vista in C: installed. Then i installed windows 7 in H:
    Im using dual boot.

    Now i want to move to win 7, but the H: has only 25 gb. C: has 115 gb.

    I want to remove vista and increase the H: size to 80 gb.

    What should i do, and what software use. Also i heard i might have boot problems coz the boot files are in c:

    Help please
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    newtr0n said:
    Hi, i initially had windows vista in C: installed. Then i installed windows 7 in H:
    Im using dual boot.

    Now i want to move to win 7, but the H: has only 25 gb. C: has 115 gb.

    I want to remove vista and increase the H: size to 80 gb.

    What should i do, and what software use. Also i heard i might have boot problems coz the boot files are in c:

    Help please
    N

    yes there is the boot file complication. Its do-able. You cant do it with the built in HD mangement system. You need an app like parigon disk suite, or partition wizard home edition (my favorite). You are also going to have to do some boot loader editing using an app lik bcdedit. there is instruciotsn for its use here. BCDEDIT - How to Use

    Hope this helped and let us know if you need any help with this

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 1,557
    XP, Seven, 2008R2
       #3

    newtr0n said:
    I want to remove vista
    If you take ownership of the entire partition Windows Vista is on you can delete the Windows folder, Program Files, whatever you want to free up some space. Just don't delete anything you actually need.
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  4. Posts : 7,538
    Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit
       #4

    sup3rsprt said:
    newtr0n said:
    I want to remove vista
    If you take ownership of the entire partition Windows Vista is on you can delete the Windows folder, Program Files, whatever you want to free up some space. Just don't delete anything you actually need.
    He wouldn't be able to gain that space though as it would be on the wrong side of his Windows 7 install so he wouldn't be able to get it back without using 3rd party tools to rearrange his drive.
    Those are my thoughts although I could be wrong
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  5. Posts : 1,557
    XP, Seven, 2008R2
       #5

    That's true and Ziggy mentioned some good third party applications to do that.
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  6. Posts : 31
    win 7 - vista
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Maybe its better just to install windows 7 over vista in C:, and format de H: partition
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  7. Posts : 1
    Windows 7
       #7

    Correct me if i'm wrong, but if you format the Vista partition, you could then use the "Extend Volume" option in the Disk Management utility to re-allocate that space to your H: partition.
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