Windows 7 with 10 in DualBoot, to DELETE Windows 10.

Achint2000

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Just faced a failed Windows 10, chkdsk deleted 30 GB from it and it's just useless and messed up.

Having Windows 7 in dual boot with Windows 10 on the same SSD with 3 partitions: System Reserved, Windows 7 and Windows 10.

How do I safely delete Windows 10 without effecting Windows 7 at all?

I was thinking, I could just go into msconfig's "boot" tab, click "delete" on Windows 10 and apply, boot into Windows 7 to see if all worked fine and then format the Win10 partition. Is this fine?
 

Achint2000

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msconfig > "Boot" tab > Delete on Windows 10 and Apply, and formatting the Win10 partition worked only because the boot files were on a "System Reserved" partition on my SSD.

I tried this with my other HDD and it doesn't boot anymore, as it's boot files must've been on the win10 partition for some reason.
Anyway, the HDD was just a drive where I tested crazy things and many fails happened, so there's no loss. Thanks for the help :)