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Basically I installed windows 8 and windows 10 on the same HDD. I created a partition on the HDD for each. I started with windows 8 on C: and then created a partition (D:) and installed windows 10 on it. Now I want to keep windows 10 and remove 8 (on C:) but I can't delete the partition because there are boot files and paging on (C:).
What do I need to do this? I've been googling for a while with no luck.
DigitalMC
Posted 2016-06-25T16:25:18.093
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Remove Main Partition (C:) and make other Parition (D:) the main
Now I want to keep windows 10 and remove 8 (on C:) but I can't delete the partition because there are boot files and paging on (C:).
Use the below instructions with gparted to set the Window 10 partition as the active boot partition, confirm that it reboots properly as you would expect, and then afterwards wipe the Windows 8 disk partition from Disk Management, reformat, and so on.
Use a GParted Live CD to make a Linux or Windows drive Active
How to use the free GParted CD to mark a Linux or Windows Primary partition Active.
- Download the latest stable release of GParted and create the Live CD from the ISO file.
- Boot from the Linux Live CD and complete the three user-input requests. GParted will run automatically.
- Right-click the Primary partition you wish to make Active and select Manage Flags.
- In Manage Flags on ..., tick (to enable) the boot check box to make the partition Active.
- Click Close and exit the partition utility
- Restart your computer.
To burn a Live CD instructions, download the gparted ISO and then see How to burn a DVD on Windows for the instructions how to burn an image to a disc with Windows 10; you can use a CD rather than a DVD for gparted but the steps should be very similar regardless and self explanatory from there.
How to burn a DVD on Windows
Once you’ve downloaded the file, follow the instructions below to burn your DVD, depending on which version of Windows you are currently using.
Windows 7 / 8 / 10
Right-click on an ISO image and choose 'Burn disc image'.
Select a disc burner (drive) and choose 'Burn'. If you check 'Verify disc after burning', it will confirm that the ISO image has been burned correctly.
Pimp Juice IT
Posted 2016-06-25T16:25:18.093
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Great thanks. This makes a lot of sense. How do you make a "Live_CD". All else seems pretty straight forward. – DigitalMC – 2016-06-25T17:42:00.643
@DigitalMC I just added instructions to the bottom of my answer for this. – Pimp Juice IT – 2016-06-25T18:48:58.457
I got it installed and gpart seems to be useful, but now its saying i dont have an OS. This happened when i changed the "Page File" to windows 10 (before Gpart). Can i use gpart to move "page file" back to windows 8? – DigitalMC – 2016-06-25T20:55:39.183
It boots directly into windows 10 (D:) and that works great. My windows 8 partition has these words below it (Healthy, Boot, Crash Dump. Primary Partition) and my Windows 10 partition has these words (Page File, Primary Partition). I'd take a screenshot but it's on another computer without internet. My question is how do I wipe windows 8 (C:) and then delete it? Will I still be able to boot since that isn't on Win 10 (D:)? I can't click "delete partition". It's greyed out. – DigitalMC – 2016-06-25T17:01:24.257