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You don't delete the 100mb partition, you delete the SECOND one, the one it creates to install Windows on.
When its deleted it turns into unallocated space, then you format the 100mb partition, then extend it and give it all of the space from the one we deleted.
Sorry if my original post wasn't clear.
I see. Yes I get it now. I should have thought of that. I sat here for 20 minutes trying to make it work. I cannot believe I didn't think of that.
Thanks
I also am wondering if it would be "aligned" for my SSD properly with that method. I will have to ask the SSD forum guys.
I'm going through this procedure in my mind and I have a question. You've got the install disk running and you're at the select disk/format disk window... When W7 creates the 100MB partition isn't that after you click next and it starts copying files? Do you interrupt that and then start over to go back and delete the c:\ partition and extent the 100MB partition? Or is there another opportunity to do that before it starts copying files and installing?
Thanx.
Tom
You can't use my tutorial on page one unless you do it at the beginning. This way when you get to the point where you are dealing with partitions, there is already one there. It's really for new disks.
I didn't use my own tutorial because I wanted my SSD partition to be aligned. I don't know if my way of doing it will align it.
To answer your question, you can't interrupt it and go back. I tried.
Why do you need to delete this extra 100MB partition? It's not a lot of space, I leave it alone as it is on my PC :)