How do I get rid of my XP partition on my dual-boot system?
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How do I get rid of my XP partition on my dual-boot system?
I partitioned my 150 GB drive into two 75 gb partitions. I've been dual-booting, but now want to delete my XP partition altogether. VistaBootPro 3.1 shows the windows boot manager in the XP partition and I deleted the "Previous Windows Versions" from the Manage OS Entries. The machine boots directly to Vista now without the options to boot to XP, but I'm wondering if deleting the XP partition will leave me in an un-bootable state.
- jkelley063
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Half-way there, but can't extend to un-allocated disk space.
Did the repair and that got me booting. I deleted the XP volume and disk manager shows the space as unallocated. Vista won't let me extend the boot volume (C) to use the unallocated space. Tried the MMI and the command line versions. Since XP was there first and consequently on the "front" sectors of the disk, is that why Vista won't let me extend?
- jkelley063
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That's expected behaviour --- If you really want Vista up front on the drive, then do a full backup in the Easy Transfer tool to a third location (network, DVDs, separate partition / hard drive, wherever).
Then boot from the Vista DVD, and delete the current Vista partition.
Then install a fresh copy, creating the desired partition, then click on the backup file to restore your current copy
Then boot from the Vista DVD, and delete the current Vista partition.
Then install a fresh copy, creating the desired partition, then click on the backup file to restore your current copy
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