Is it possible to install windows 7 ultimate on a different drive?

[ryuuichie]

Hi guys. As the title says, i want to do a clean install of windows 7 ultimate. But i'm planning on installing it on my D drive instead of my C drive

The reason is my C drive only has 39GB size and my D drive has 102GB size.

Need advice. Thanks

 

[karlsnooks]

Hi guys. As the title says, i want to do a clean install of windows 7 ultimate. But i'm planning on installing it on my D drive instead of my C drive

The reason is my C drive only has 39GB size and my D drive has 102GB size.

Need advice. Thanks

Welcome to SevenForums.

Numerous approaches, but I would:

• backup up any data files dear to my heart to an external usb drive.
• Perform a clean install using:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

 

[ryuuichie]

Hi guys. As the title says, i want to do a clean install of windows 7 ultimate. But i'm planning on installing it on my D drive instead of my C drive

The reason is my C drive only has 39GB size and my D drive has 102GB size.

Need advice. Thanks

Welcome to SevenForums.

Numerous approaches, but I would:

• backup up any data files dear to my heart to an external usb drive.
• Perform a clean install using:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

So... i could. Right?

 

[seavixen32]

Hi guys. As the title says, i want to do a clean install of windows 7 ultimate. But i'm planning on installing it on my D drive instead of my C drive

The reason is my C drive only has 39GB size and my D drive has 102GB size.

Need advice. Thanks

Welcome to SevenForums.

Numerous approaches, but I would:

• backup up any data files dear to my heart to an external usb drive.
• Perform a clean install using:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

So... i could. Right?

Well, the tutorial couldn't be any plainer, so yes, you can.

With such a small (by today's standards) hard drive I'd be inclined to just have one partition rather than your current C and D drive.

As Karl points out it is most important you backup any important data to an external drive before you do anything else.

 

[ryuuichie]

Welcome to SevenForums.

Numerous approaches, but I would:

• backup up any data files dear to my heart to an external usb drive.
• Perform a clean install using:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

So... i could. Right?

Well, the tutorial couldn't be any plainer, so yes, you can.

With such a small (by today's standards) hard drive I'd be inclined to just have one partition rather than your current C and D drive.

As Karl points out it is most important you backup any important data to an external drive before you do anything else.

thank you very much!

 

[gregrocker]

What is on C? Is this another OS?

If so you can move the data off D, delete it to extend C in Disk Mgmt then copy the data back in:
Partition or Volume - Extend
Partition or Volume - Delete

Or you can use Partition Wizard bootable CD to Resize D to the right, so you can then Resize C to the right to make more space.

The solution is NOT to install another OS on the larger partition unless you have a specfic reason you need a Dual Boot.