Can't delete old vista partition :/

I have both Vista and Win7 installed on two separate partitions on my hdd. My laptop came with vista originally and i installed the RC afterwards. So anyway i decided i dont need my vista partition anymore so i want to delete it, but apparently i cant. Take a look:





In win7's disk management it doesnt allow me to delete my vista partition (or even format!)

The other pic is a third party program EASEUS Partition Master which i highly recommend. Even there it doesnt allow me to delete the partition.

An important note to point out is that im booted in Windows 7 currently so i should be able to delete my vista partition.

So is there something im missing?

i just googled gparted. Is it an ISO which i have to burn?

richc46 said:

As far as I know, it currently, is just a download.

could you be so kind as to link me to that download..

thanks for the link, i will check that out tomorrow cause its a little late.

Does anyone else have any other ideas?

your vista partition is the system drive, if I remember correctly the system drive contains boot info if you delete it you may find you will not be able to boot the computer. also it's before your 7 partition so you will not be able to expand the 7 partition to use that space.

I recommend you create a backup of the 7 partition and repair disks before you attempt deleting that partition.

good luck.

You don't need GParted.

If you have the Easeus boot disc, use that - if not , create it - you have Easeus Pro , so you can do that. Tool>Bootable disc

You can incorporate the space into the 7 partition if you wish.

Delete D first, then use Resize/Move to include the now Unallocated space.

Rt click the new larger 7 partition Advanced>Set Active.

Either way, you need to run startup repair 3 times after you finish partitioning.

SIW2 said:

You don't need GParted.

If you have the Easeus boot disc, use that - if not , create it - you have Easeus Pro , so you can do that. Tool>Bootable disc

You can incorporate the space into the 7 partition if you wish.

Delete D first, then use Resize/Move to include the now Unallocated space.

Rt click the new larger 7 partition Advanced>Set Active.

Either way, you need to run startup repair 3 times after you finish partitioning.

As it is right now, i cant delete D. If i create the bootable disc then can i delete the partition?

I also read about the Set Active command, and apparently allows me to chose which partition i boot from. So if i set C as active then wont it allow me to then delete D?