Vista - Can I delete the C drive from a dual boot system?

I have a dual-boot setup. Volume C runs Vista Home Premium. Volume F runs Vista Ultimate. (Vol. D is a recovery volume.) I would like to blow away C: and boot only from F. Would the following be a possible/advisable solution?

1. Boot from F.
2. Delete C.
3. Rename F "C".
4. Expand F (the new "C") to include the old C.

Thanks!

i dont think its possible without screwing up all your installed programs.

It should be possible to do that.

Please post a screenshot of Disk Management, like this:




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The requested screen shot of Computer Management is attached.

C is the System partition - it contains files needed to boot into either C or F.

You can make F the system partition - then you don't need C anymore.

1. Boot into F - go to folder options and make sure Hidden files and proteceted operating system files are showing.

2. Copy and paste bootmgr and the pale yellow Boot folder from C to F. ( You will get a message bcd is in use and can't be copied - skip it and copy the rest).




3. Open an elevated command prompt and type: (press enter after the command )

bcdedit /export F:\Boot\bcd

4. In Disk Management, rt click F and mark as Active.

5. Reboot. F is now the system partition - you can delete C.

6. Use a partition manager to copy the F partition to the unallocated space that was C.

7. You should now be able to boot into either F or C - if not, run startup repair from the Vista dvd.

8. You can mark C active , reboot to hand the system status to the new copied C. You can now delete F and extend C to incorporate however much of the unallocated space you like.

Hope it helps

Excellent! Thanks a lot for your assistance!!