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Unable to format partition with Unused windows 7 on!
Hey Guys,
Basically I installed windows 8 on an SSD and partitioned one of my 2tb drives in order to install / transfers programs and documents etc into windows 8 from the old windows 7 install. This worked perfectly, however, windows is not not letting my format the windows 7 side of the partition so i can expand and let windows 8 have the full 2tb of storage!
Windows 7 is installed on E:, I think perhaps the bootmgr may lay inside of E hence why I can't format it, but I have no idea!
OS
Windows 8
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
i7 3930K
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme X79 4m
Memory
16gb DDR3 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 780ti Superclocked
Monitor(s) Displays
2X LG 3D 23" HD displays
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1 x Intel 530 250gb SSD
1 x WD Caviar Black 2tb
1 x Seagate barracuda 2tb
PSU
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro Custom Sleeved
Case
Modded COrsair 350D
Cooling
Temp. Corsair H100i
Keyboard
Logitech G710+
Mouse
Razer Mamba 4G
Internet Speed
1mb!
Browser
Chrome
Antivirus
Avast
Other Info
CGI / VFX Artist C:
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Is it a dual boot setup? What disk is the BIOS set to boot from? One thing you can do is unplug that drive and see if Windows 8 will boot up. If it won't your boot loader must be on that drive.
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Asus
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I think thats the issue, the bootloader is on the WD drive with Windows 7 on. BIOS is set to boot from the SSD though.
How do i go about moving my boot loader onto the windows 8 partition on that drive or onto the SSD itself
OS
Windows 8
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
i7 3930K
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme X79 4m
Memory
16gb DDR3 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 780ti Superclocked
Monitor(s) Displays
2X LG 3D 23" HD displays
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1 x Intel 530 250gb SSD
1 x WD Caviar Black 2tb
1 x Seagate barracuda 2tb
PSU
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro Custom Sleeved
Case
Modded COrsair 350D
Cooling
Temp. Corsair H100i
Keyboard
Logitech G710+
Mouse
Razer Mamba 4G
Internet Speed
1mb!
Browser
Chrome
Antivirus
Avast
Other Info
CGI / VFX Artist C:
slightly off center
VIP Member
Guru
Gold Member
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Asus
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Hey Alpha,
THanks, very similar to what greg told me over on seven forum, a quote from him
"
To make Windows 8 on Disk0 independently bootable you should have installed it with all other drives unplugged. To do it now Mark C Partition Active , unplug all other HD's, then run Windows 8 Automatic Repair until it starts and holds the System flag.
The correct way to delete an OS is to delete its partition in Disk Mgmt. However if it won't delete after marking the System partition Inactive (only partitions booting an OS should be Active) then open an Elevated Command Prompt and use DiskPart Command-Line Options to Delete partition Override on the first two partitions on disk2:
DISKPART
LIST DISK
SEL DISK 2 (after confirming it is Windows 7 disk by size in the list)
LIST PART
SEL part 1 (after confirming this is System Reserved)
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE
SEL PART 2 (again confirming this is old Windows 7 partition)
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE
EXIT
Now repartition that space in Disk Mgmt, or use Partition Wizard to resize the other partition into the space to the left.
"
Seems very logical and ill give it a shot later on!
OS
Windows 8
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
i7 3930K
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme X79 4m
Memory
16gb DDR3 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 780ti Superclocked
Monitor(s) Displays
2X LG 3D 23" HD displays
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1 x Intel 530 250gb SSD
1 x WD Caviar Black 2tb
1 x Seagate barracuda 2tb
PSU
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro Custom Sleeved
Case
Modded COrsair 350D
Cooling
Temp. Corsair H100i
Keyboard
Logitech G710+
Mouse
Razer Mamba 4G
Internet Speed
1mb!
Browser
Chrome
Antivirus
Avast
Other Info
CGI / VFX Artist C:
slightly off center
VIP Member
Guru
Gold Member
Greg knows his stuff. :thumb: If anybody can help you sort it out he can. I'll pop over and have a look at the thread. I go by alphanumeric there too.
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Asus
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2