Solved Remove XP from dual boot with Windows 7

[CyS]

Hi,
I have the following setup in my PC.
I have three physical disks installed: Disk 0, Disk 1 and Disk 2
On Disk 1 I have three partitions:
1. Windows XP,
2. Windows 7
3. Data

It was originally XP only and now it's in dual boot with Windows 7.

I'd like to remove the XP partition completely and keep only Windows 7, extending it's size with the space freed up from the XP Partition.
I was listening to the video tutorial on TechRepublic. Is there an easier way?

Can someone explain is plain English?

Thanks very much!

CyS

 

[theog]

It would easy if you had your Windows 7 OS on Disk0

Can you post a screen shot of Disk management?
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[speedgamer01]

CyS please ignore (do nothing) this post, I'm writing it to theog
He could copy all his files over Disk 0, and then use EasyBCD to rewrite his boot files appointing to the new location of win 7.
how about that?

 

[CyS]

I uploaded the screenshot of my Disks and partitions.

Curious of your conclusions.

CyS

 

[speedgamer01]

Speaking conditionally, do nothing yet , you could reach your goal:
1. format W:\
2. EASEUS Partition Master, extend C:\ by moving it backwards on the disk and adding the following 50gigs of space

i dunno if the free version can do that action. i do not recommend paragon softwares. I'm sure that windows partition manager cant do that, i've tried it several times.
nice setup by the way

 

[theog]

Now you have it on Disk2.

 

[CyS]

Still speaking conditionally...
When you say format w: I assume you mean doing it from Windows 7 (i.e. the one booted from the Windows 7 partition). Correct?

Then, should not I still need to delete the w: partition and release the space? And if I do so, can my PC still boot?

Hypothetically speaking only...

 

[theog]

If you delete W: your PC will not boot, & must likely will a reinstall.

 

[CyS]

Right. Obviously I do not want that. So what can I do?

 

[speedgamer01]

Yeah, you would have to delete W: any way, (using win7) so formatting it wouldn't make much sense

 

[theog]

Right. Obviously I do not want that. So what can I do?

post a screen shot of Disk management

 

[speedgamer01]

If you delete W: your PC will not boot, & must likely will a reinstall.

Is MBR stored on the primary partition? I havent thought of it yet

 

[CyS]

What makes a Hard disk "Disk1", "Disk2" or any other? Is it the SATA slot its cable plugged to the motherboard? change the plugging and then Disk 2 would become Disk 1?

I know there must be something wrong with this logic, sounds too easy.

 

[theog]

The HD plugged to the first sata port is disk0.

 

[CyS]

Here it is.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

The C: can't be "System Active" as it's on an Extended partition / Logical drive.

The OP can use Option Four of this tutorial at the link below to safely convert C: to a Primary partition so the "System" boot files can be stored on the Windows 7 C: partition; be sure to use the boot CD and not the installed version of Partition Wizard for this.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD


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First download the Partition Wizard Bootable Disk (PWBD) ISO file to the desktop, be sure to get the PWBD and not the installed version; scroll down to see the download link for the Bootable CD ISO file at this link below.

Partition Wizard Free Bootable CD

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Then use ImgBurn to burn the ISO to a CD, at no greater than 4x speed with a verify; it was designed for use and works best from a CD rather than a DVD; then boot the created CD to make the changes, it doesn't take any input from the user to setup, just relax and let it load.

ImgBurn Free ISO Burning Software

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After C: is a Primary partition we can help get the "System" boot files created to that partition.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

click any image to enlarge

 

[gregrocker]

I have never gotten Partition Wizard to convert Logical to Primary with more than one Logical sub-partition.

 

[theog]

It would best OP to unplug the two other HD's, when doing any repairs.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I have never gotten Partition Wizard to convert Logical to Primary with more than one Logical sub-partition.

I've done it more times than I could count working on these and many others.

System Reserved : Multi Boot from Logical Partitions

Partition / Extended : Logical Drives

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It would best OP to unplug the two other HD's, when doing any repairs.

You have an excellent point there, just to be safe.