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deleting windows xp
Hi
I've installed windows 7 and want to delete windows XP, windows 7 recognises it as drive e how can i delete it?
Hi
I've installed windows 7 and want to delete windows XP, windows 7 recognises it as drive e how can i delete it?
how do i do that?
Windows 7 has this peculiar habit of naming the first drive something other than C if XP is installed first and you run Windows 7 setup from the DVD. So make sure E isn't actually C with your XP installation or you will trash your boot files. I don't think 7 will let you format it if this is the case but you may want to double check.
1 other option could be to boot from the Windows 7 DVD & click install, then custom. You can then delete the partition & re-add it and exit the installer.
TipIn some cases you may need to perform a Repair Install to re-apply some boot manager options
WarningPlease make sure that it is the correct partition you are deleteing before continuing as partition deletetion cannot be undone
Hope this helps :)
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