Removing Vista from Dual Boot

[guibord4]

Just looking for some help with removing Vista so I can stop having to deal with low disk space. Here is what I want to do:

1. Erase partition D (Vista partition).
2. Backup partition E onto external drive
3. Erase partition E and the extended partition.
4. Extend drive C to take up the whole drive

I wasn't sure how to do it with the "System" flag being on partition D.

Thanks for the help!

 

[gregrocker]

Burn to CD free Partition Wizard bootable CD v.5.2: Partition Wizard

Now in Disk Management, mark C Active.

Reboot into Win7 DVD or Repair CD to Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times until Win7 starts on its own. System Repair Disc - Create

Boot the PW CD, confirm that C is now System Active. If so, rightclick E then D to Delete, click Ok after each. Now rightclick C to Resize, drag right grey border all the way to the right, click OK, Apply all steps.

In PW v.5.2 C should resize into Logical Free Space just like Primary Unallocated Space without Logical having to be converted to Primary first. If not, post back for further steps.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello guibord4, welcome to Seven Forums!


After you have copied out or made back-ups of the data you need to save to external media, I would do partition-specific wipes of the partitions you want to remove before you delete them; have a look at Option Three of this tutorial at the link below.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD


After the partitions have been deleted you can always extend the Windows partition to include the remaining unallocated space on the HDD / SSD or create additional Primary partitions or an Extended partition.


Be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.