Question Dual-Boot system Win 10/Win 7 (want to delete 7)

[itsonlydanny]

Hi,

I've had a dual-boot set-up for a long time now - Win 10 Pro (64-Bit) and Win 7 Ultimate (64-Bit). However, I haven't really used Win 7 in years and am always running out of space on Win 10 - down to the last 4.5GB now. Therefore it makes sense to sacrifice Win 7 so that Win 10 can flourish with the extra 117GB. What is the safest and risk-free way to go about this: delete or reformat 7? Merge both partitions? Resize or extend Win 10? And so on. Yes, both o/s are on the same disk and adjacent to each other.

Any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks. DANNY

My tech specs:
Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 (3.4ghz)
Abit IP-35 Pro (Rev. 2.00/BIOS v1.8 Beta) (Socket 775)
8GB Corsair PC2-6400 800mhz XMS (4 X 2)
PNY GTX 9700 XLR8 OC 4GB
Corsair HX 620w PSU
Hitachi CCTV DVR 7200rpm 64MB 2TB
Samsung Evo 850 500GB SSD
Sharkoon T9 Value
Acer 24" X243H
TP-Link Archer VR2008

 

[TerryLaze]

Yes, both o/s are on the same disk and adjacent to each other.

Show a pic from disk manager so we can see how the partitions look.
If you have a boot(efi) partition you can just delete the windows 7 partition no matter where it is but if you are booting from the windows 7 partitions things get a lot more complicated.

 

[itsonlydanny]

Hi Terry,
Here is the screenshot, hope it's usable (believe it or not, this is the first time I've ever made a screenshot - let alone upload one). Alas, my motherboard is too old for UEFI - rather, good old BIOS (by the way, I've now got Paragon Partition Manager).
Ah, spoke too soon - can't work out how to upload an image file on this site. More help required! Stupid me, now worked it out.

https://imgur.com/YQNq61X

View: https://imgur.com/YQNq61X


Thanks,
DANNY