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**SIW2** · 10-01-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Newsgroups

Hi
I had Xp on my system and used it for some time, Wife bought me new
PC, it's got everything including Vista Ultimate, I took it off and put Xp
on, then I decided to put Vista on the other partition and give it a few
weeks to see how it went, well I know what a lot of people say about Vista,
but to be honest, I have got used to it and it's ok now, once I got rid of a
few things like UAC etc, due to the PC specs it runs very well and I have
decided to keep it, that's where my problem starts.

I installed XP first then Vista, set up a dual boot, but now I want to
remove Xp, is it possible to remove XP, and make the "D" (which is a
partition of a 360 gig drive) the "C" part of the drive, what I am trying
to do is keep vista without having to re-install and all the setting up that
comes with it.

Thanks

Gordon

Hello Gordon,

I am assuming you mean xp is on your first partition and Vista's boot volume is on the second partition. You wish to remove xp and move Vista onto the first partition ?

If you look in disk management through Vista's eyes , you will probably see that Vista's system volume is on the first partition.

Also, windows disk management won't allow you to move Vista's partition intact, or extend to the left ( as you view it in Disk Management ).

You may need to use a bootable 3rd party tool to do this, like Gparted

GParted -- Download

Using GParted to Resize Your Windows Vista Partition :: the How-To Geek

Hope this helps

SIW2

10-01-2008	#3 (permalink)
SIW2 VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 2,303 posts	Re: removing xp Quote: Originally Posted by Newsgroups Hi I had Xp on my system and used it for some time, Wife bought me new PC, it's got everything including Vista Ultimate, I took it off and put Xp on, then I decided to put Vista on the other partition and give it a few weeks to see how it went, well I know what a lot of people say about Vista, but to be honest, I have got used to it and it's ok now, once I got rid of a few things like UAC etc, due to the PC specs it runs very well and I have decided to keep it, that's where my problem starts. I installed XP first then Vista, set up a dual boot, but now I want to remove Xp, is it possible to remove XP, and make the "D" (which is a partition of a 360 gig drive) the "C" part of the drive, what I am trying to do is keep vista without having to re-install and all the setting up that comes with it. Thanks Gordon Hello Gordon, I am assuming you mean xp is on your first partition and Vista's boot volume is on the second partition. You wish to remove xp and move Vista onto the first partition ? If you look in disk management through Vista's eyes , you will probably see that Vista's system volume is on the first partition. Also, windows disk management won't allow you to move Vista's partition intact, or extend to the left ( as you view it in Disk Management ). You may need to use a bootable 3rd party tool to do this, like Gparted GParted -- Download Using GParted to Resize Your Windows Vista Partition :: the How-To Geek Hope this helps SIW2
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