Unable to format partition with Unused windows 7 on!

mouseyflash

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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!

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    CGI / VFX Artist C:
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.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
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    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
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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 :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • 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
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    1mb!
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    Chrome
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    CGI / VFX Artist C:

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System One

  • 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 Promptand 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!
 

My Computer

System One

  • 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:
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.
 

My Computer

System One

  • 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
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