Delete partition

[SeVeNrOxS]

Hello Friends I have installed a fresh copy of windows 7 in My D Drive.My OS drive before was C Drive. I didn't want any back up of old OS system files, so I decided to install fresh copy in another drive i.e D.But ,now when I try to format my old C Drive ( inorder to remove 2 options of windows 7 while booting & empty the drive) , it gives an error that windows cannot format drive.When I try to delete folders inside that drive , i get message " You require trustedinstaller permission to delete this file" What does it mean?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi,

The 'trustedinstaller' is the main system installer, which created & installed the files to the HD during installation. You can take ownership of the entire C drive (Right-Click C: -> Properties -> Security -> Advanced -> Owner) but there will still be some critical system files tied into C.

I believe BCDEDIT can configure D: to be your uninterupted boot drive but I'm no BCDEDIT guru

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

i tried formating c Drive ..but still

 

[zigzag3143]

i tried formating c Drive ..but still

So is this the new win 7 or the old win 7? did you try using BCDedit like orbital shark sugested? who owns the recycle bin (right-click properties, look for owner)?

Ken

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

i'm in new win 7.When i run BCDedit , cmd prompt comes and disappears in fraction of sec.

 

[Orbital Shark]

You need to have command prompt open 'As Admin' then type BCDEDIT /? for a list of commands. Best thing to go is check out

BCDEdit Commands for Boot Environment

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

ok..when i open cmd prompt from ADMIN , BCDedit opens , but what exactly should i do ?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Sorry I gave you the wrong link, try this

BCDEdit Command-Line Options

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

pls can u tell what exactly should i look for ? The link which u gave have commands explained.

 

[Orbital Shark]

can you post a screenshot of what is displayed when you type BCDEDIT please?

 

[Snufffed]

Hello Friends I have installed a fresh copy of windows 7 in My D Drive.My OS drive before was C Drive. I didn't want any back up of old OS system files, so I decided to install fresh copy in another drive i.e D.But ,now when I try to format my old C Drive ( inorder to remove 2 options of windows 7 while booting & empty the drive) , it gives an error that windows cannot format drive.When I try to delete folders inside that drive , i get message " You require trustedinstaller permission to delete this file" What does it mean?

so I decided to install fresh copy in another drive i.e D.= When ask to a new clean install in C: Then you will find your old OS will become Windows.old nice and your C: will be your master BOOT DRIVE.
then you can open msconfig find the original Win 7 link click 1 time, move down to delete that entry. Now you left with only Win 7 in C:\ Yes nice.
reboot.
after reboot open my computer, properties, cleanup, advanced, there you will see old windows version. click yes...
let it run. then reboot....
wow, you only have the option to boot into C:\ Windows 7.
You can format the HDD-partition with old win7 on it. and the windows.old version of Vista or XP.

Fantastic.
Windows 7 will do everything and its SAFE - FAST - EASY.

 

[Dwarf]

I think that the easiest thing to do would be to start again. What you have done by installing onto another drive is in effect create a multi-boot system. The main boot files are on your original drive and, if you look in Disk Management, you will see that drive is marked System.

This is mine. The partition marked as System is the first one that has an OS installed. The bootstrap loader resides on that partition, and any subsequent OS installations make changes to that to enable a list of OSes to be displayed (and selected from) upon boot. As it is a System partition, it is protected from formatting from within the OS, as is formatting the partition of the current running OS in the same way.

 

[Orbital Shark]

so I decided to install fresh copy in another drive i.e D.= When ask to a new clean install in C: Then you will find your old OS will become Windows.old nice and your C: will be your master BOOT DRIVE.
then you can open msconfig find the original Win 7 link click 1 time, move down to delete that entry. Now you left with only Win 7 in C:\ Yes nice.
reboot.
after reboot open my computer, properties, cleanup, advanced, there you will see old windows version. click yes...
let it run. then reboot....
wow, you only have the option to boot into C:\ Windows 7.
You can format the HDD-partition with old win7 on it. and the windows.old version of Vista or XP.

Fantastic.
Windows 7 will do everything and its SAFE - FAST - EASY.

If i've taken this the wrong way then I apologize in advance.....

There's no need to sound so patronizing, if he's not heard about this option (and I heven't either) then I don't believe talking to the OP like a child will solve anything....

 

[Dwarf]

Forgot to mention that you can use the options to delete and create partitions from within the installation routine - see Step 7 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

 

[Orbital Shark]

Forgot to mention that you can use the options to delete and create partitions from within the installation routine - see Step 7 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

LOL, I was just thinking that very same thought

Hopefully it won't sc3w up the boot manager

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

so i have to format both drives again and install in one of the drive ?

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

my SS of BCDedit

 

[Orbital Shark]

I would go with Dwarf's second suggestion about the deleting within the install. This way you can delete the partition you don't want then you will need to run a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html or http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

 

[iseeuu]

I would go with Dwarf's second suggestion about the deleting within the install. This way you can delete the partition you don't want then you will need to run a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html or http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

Another option would be to do the reinstall but unplug the original C: drive. That way all the correct changes are made to the new drive.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Ah, very true Robert, nice thought