Partitioning question..

johngalt said:

Windows 7 has 2 partitions, a *small* boot partition and the main system partition

I was basing all my jibberish on the likelihood that he had the Windows Vista previously installed on the "System Reserved" *small* boot partition or more appropriately "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)". Whenever a dual boot is set up the old "C" drive where the Vista resided is renamed "D" and the Windows 7 assumes the "C" title. Not the way it looks in the MBT though, the first primary is going to be the system/boot and cannot be deleted or reformatted using Disk Manager. He can extend it forward from the beginning of partition(1) but he will should not be able to extend it backwards from partition(2).

He will have to start over during Setup and gobble up that partition by deleting all partitions on disk(0) and reformatting the drive in order to use that space effectively. Till then he is probably stuck with it the way it is. Having said that I seem to remember a neat Linux utility that might be able to accomplish what he wants...

LOL John - everybody calls it the boot partition - except M$.

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markst said:

Problem is I still have the Vista partition ( Drive D: ). How do I get rid of that partition and move that space to Windows 7 ( Drive C:). When I go into computer management all I can see to do is Shrink Volume... Any Ideas.

johngalt said:

You're still missing my point- it seems *more* likely that there is another HD involved, the one *now* marked New Volume, that was *previously* the Windows Vista drive. Notice the size of the current Windows 7 partition - it's 400+ GB, and the New Volume is just a shade under 300 GB....

Not missing the point at all, he said the Vista install was on Drive D: (the *small* 100 MB partition at the beginning of Disk 0). If I understand him correctly, he wants to "blend" that partition into the now installed Drive C Windows 7 install. He cannot do that with Disk Manager at this point.

Sure, he will be able to reboot as long as he doesn't disturb the *small* partition. The only way to get it all back together is to start over and delete all partitions on Disk 0 during setup.

johngalt said:

Can you explain how to install Vista on a 100 MB partition? Not GB, MB?

Don't ask me, that's where HE said he had Vista installed, I merely commented on what information HE gave to us.

p.s. I know Vista requires anywhere from 20-40 GB of hard disk space but that wasn't the question.

johngalt said:

you are the one assuming he is referring to the 100 MB partition.

My apologies, you are quite correct and I did miss the point. I did assume he was talking about the *small* partition and I was wrong in my advice, sorry.

Robert

Ok now that you guys got that sorted out i want to know how the OP is going to combine his vista with win 7 when they are on separate hard disks.