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| 1109716 | 2010-06-13 08:34:00 | I have a 120gb hard drive that used to have 2 partitions, Windows Server 2003 on the first 100gb, and I recently installed Windows 7 on the last 20gb because my DVD Drive is broken (installed 7 from iso inside Server 2003) My problem is now I want to get rid of Server 2003 but I cant move the Windows 7 Partition to the beginning of the hard drive. Is there a trick to this? I have shrunk the Server 2003 partition but I cant extend the Windows 7 partition backwards |
kLOTTiS (7106) | ||
| 1109717 | 2010-06-13 09:03:00 | create a bootable ubuntu USB drive & use gparted to resize the drive. Edit: Sorry I didn't think that through - you need to boot to ubuntu (either installed or live CD) to create the USB drive. Don't know how you can get around that without a cd drive |
Greven (91) | ||
| 1109718 | 2010-06-13 11:20:00 | There are a few things to be considered:- You can not delete or change the drive letter when that partition is being used by the system. Your W7 loader is probably in the first partition anyway. Best thing to do is fix your cd/dvd drive and reinstall the W7, you can manage the partitions from the W7 DVD. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1109719 | 2010-06-13 11:41:00 | How to install Windows7 from a USB drive. technet.microsoft.com In case you decide to reinstall. Otherwise run Gparted Live from a USB gparted.sourceforge.net Use unetbootin in Windows to make the USB gparted sourceforge.net |
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