No your windows 7 will not deleted
You can simply just delete the partition with windows 7 on it, if you installed Windows 8 on a different partition making sure you have a backup of all the files you want to keep. Also make sure that you can boot from the windows 8 partition. Ie, a nice blue interface comes up when you switch the computer on that let's you choose between windows 7 and windows 8.If you didn't install it on a different partition. All the files that need to be modified have already been modified as part of the upgrade process and no further action is needed.
There are many ways, but the easiest is to use a Windows 7 installation disk to delete the partition.
Insert of your Ubuntu CD, then using GParted, delete your Windows partition and resize your Ubuntu partition until it fills the space left by the deleted partition.
Through the Diskpart Utility you can delete dynamic volumes. This utility can be found in the Windows 7 installation disk or the Windows 7 recovery disc.
It is not possible to install any Operating System next to another on the same partition. To dual-boot Windows 7 and Windows XP, first install Windows 7, and while in the partition manager, delete all partitions and create one for Windows 7 and one for Windows XP. Then install Windows 7 to it's partition. Then install XP to it's partition. You should now be able to boot either Operating System. Note: You must install XP after Windows 7 as the Windows 7 installation wizard would want to upgrade XP. WARNING: This will erase all of the data on your hard drive. Be sure to back up all of your files before installing anything.
Insert your Windows CD or DVD and get to the part where it shows all your partitions and delete the Linux partitions. If you are unsure which one is your windows partition just make sure you don't delete or format any partition that is in the NTFS, or in the rare case a FAT32 format, as those would be your windows partitions.
If you are sure you want to delete the windows xp partition then you can use the windows CD to do the job.Boot the machine with the CD in the drive and you should get the option to format the drive.Just be sure this is what you want as you will lose all your data stored on the drive.
just format that drive and then run fdisk and delete the partition and create Linux partition after that and i hope u have sufficient space in ur hard driveAnswerjust format that drive and then run fdisk and delete the partition and create Linux partition after that and i hope u have sufficient space in ur hard drive
Yes it is safe to delete factory recovery partition if you think that you are not going to use Windows 7 operating system again. But you should have Windows 10 license with an installation disk and your Lenovo computer's drivers in case you need to recover or format your computer.
delete a partition on the system disk (C)
There are several tutorials on YouTube which will show you exactly how to remove a partition. Removing a hard drive partition on Windows Vista will create an empty space that you can use to install a new partition. Be aware that it will also delete all data that is on the partition.
my computer--->manage->computer management ---->select drive drive and right click delete partition