Format a System Partition created by Windows 7 OS

[Nazmin]

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I have to find a way to erase / format / delete the management and protection system of unit in Windows 7. I recently installed Windows 7 on my PC as a dual boot with Windows Vista. When I installed Windows 7 made two partitions: the real storage partition and another partition cannot get rid of for some unknown reason. I've deleted the Windows partition 7 and it is designated as unallocated space. When I try to format, gives the following error: "Windows cannot format the system partition on this disk." Is it possible because the unit is marked as active? And if so, how i remove that setting? Is there any way I can remove this partition? I'm trying to get back to Vista and therefore not needed. And also the need for disk space you are using to extend my Vista partition. I also cannot be extended to space is not assigned until the system partition is removed.

[Calvin K]

I'd suggest to Mark a partition as active so that you can solve your problem. To do this, select the Start button and go to control panel. Under Control Panel choose the system and maintenance and then go to administrative tools. And then select computer management. You can also get the dialog box to enter the administrator password. Just insert the password and continue. Now under the management go to the navigation tab and select the Storage and click Disk Management. Now right click on the primary partition and select the brand of an active partition. I think this will help a lot to solve this problem.

[Lillebror]

I would like to suggest you follow the steps here to solve this issue.
Open the command prompt and then right click on the command prompt and then choose the Run as Administrator.
Now under the command prompt type the following and press enter after each command
DISKPART
LIST DISK
SELECT DISK n (n means number of old Win98 drive)
LIST PARTITION
SELECT PARTITION n (n is the number of active partition to make inactive).
INACTIVE.
DISKPART
EXIT
Now type the exit to quit the command prompt. After closing the command prompt restart your system. I think this will help you lot.

[jesse]

Once the partition before Windows 7 is marked as inactive, you can extend the Vista partition from Disk Management console. Boot your system in vista and click on the start button and select the run button and type “diskmgmt.msc” and then enter. This will open the disk management program. Under this program make a right click on the vista partition and choose the Extend Volume. Finally make full capacity of unallocated space. I think this will help you lot in solving the problem.

[SalVatore]

These are the following steps to format or delete the Windows 7 partition. To do this, make a hit on the Start button and choose the control panel.
Under Control Panel go to the system and maintenance
After that go to the administrative tools
And then select computer management
Under system management go to the storage
Under storage click on the disk management
Now make right click on the dimensions of windows 7 and select the format and finally delete the volume. After that click OK button, I hope this will help you lot.