I have already removed the Windows 7 partition and it is declared as unallocated space. I have also tried renaming the partition itself to try and get to to erase, but that didn't work either. When I try to format it, it gives the following error: 'Windows cannot format the system partition on this disk'. Is it possibly because the drive is marked as active?
And if so how to i remove that setting? Is there any way that I can remove this partition? I'm trying to go back to Vista and therefore don't need it. And I also need the disk space it is using to expand my Vista partition. I also can't extend into the unallocated space until the system partition is removed. I hope I've provided enough info. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question Step 6: Type select volume n. N is the volume number of the system volume. In addition, when Windows is unable to delete the active system partition, you can also use Windows installation disc to do this work. Step 2: Click I accept the terms of license and next choose Custom Advanced installation type. Step 3: Now the important step is to select system partition, and then click Delete. Then after finishing the deletion, next do as the hint says, you can easily format the disk and finish a new system installation.
Nowadays dual system is getting more and more popular, however, it is possible that you want to delete one to free up space or create a new partition. However, Windows cannot delete the active system partition in Disk Management.
In this case, how to remove system partition? In fact, it is easy to do that. Here we will introduce you two situations about detailed guidance to delete system partition in a dual system. If there are two system partitions, one is partition C on disk 0, and another is partition F on disk 1. In this case, actually, these two operating systems are set active. If you want to delete F drive, you can also do as the above-mentioned way shows in case 1, using the feature Delete Partition feature of MiniTool Partition Wizard.
When you install an operating system, it is possible that there is a system reserved partition at the beginning of the hard disk. If there are two operating systems on this disk, and the boot files of these two OSs are saved to the system reserved partition, which is active by default. When booting the computer, you can select one to boot.
Sometimes, there is no system reserved partition on the disk. If there are two systems, including Windows 8 on partition C and Windows 7 on partition F. You need to set the system partition you want to use active.
In the second circumstance, how to delete partition F and then set partition active? With this partition manager, it is very easy and convenient to do this work.
Step 2: After entering into the main interface of MiniTool Partition Wizard, you need to select the system partition you want to delete, click the Delete Partition function in the left pane. Click the Remove button. Click the Yes button to confirm the change. Right-click on the Windows partition and select Mark Partition as Active from the pop-up menu. You should see the Active tag move from the System Reserved partition to the Windows partition.
Close the Disk Management window. Windows should now be configured to boot properly from its own partition. Restart the computer. Reboot to BootIt BM. Edit the relevant Windows Boot Menu entry. Select the Windows partition as the booting partition. Save the change. Click the BCD Edit button.
Select the Boot section. Configure the appropriate entry e. Using Disk Management: If Windows hasn't been rebooted since the completion of the Part 1 instructions, restart Windows. It should boot normally. Start Disk Management reference Part 1 - Steps 2a through 2b, if necessary. Verify that the Windows partition is now tagged as both the System and the Active partition. The System Reserved partition should just be tagged as Primary Partition.
Right-click on the System Reserved partition. Select Delete Volume Click the Yes button to confirm the deletion. The space used by the System Reserved partition should now be shown as Unallocated. Enter Maintenance mode. Click Partition Work on the desktop. Select the System Reserved partition and then click the Delete button. If you now wish to resize the Windows partition to use this space, proceed as follows: Select the Windows partition and then click the Slide button.
Enter 0 in the Free Space Before box. Click the OK button. Read the warning and then click the Continue button to proceed. Once the slide has completed, verify that the Windows partition is still selected and then click the Resize button. Click the OK button to error check the file system. Adjust the New Size value to what you want. Setting it to the Max Size value will resize the partition to use all available free space.
When the resize and error check has completed, click the Close button.
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