What is the best way to remove an unwanted partition?

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Hi,

I currently have three partitions on my main storage array. One is Vista
Ultimate. I like to experiment so I did a clean install Windows 7 beta on a
new partition, from the Vista partition. Installation went smoothly because
the Windows 7 beta installer took most of the hardware info that I had
slaved to perfect from Vista and used that to install Windows 7 beta. It
made a few improvements. Then, since I like to experiment I cloned the Vista
partition and then did an upgrade using the Windows 7 beta installer. That
went OK and it saved me the work of installing a lot of software on the
clean install. My impression is that Windows 7 is meant to be more of a
business OS while Vista is more a home OS. I have not been able to start up
the web and ftp servers, which is easy to do in Vista. That is not what I
came here to ask.

Any good OS is designed to protect itself from the stupidity or malfeasance
of its master. I think it is the law of robotics. I would like to remove the
clean install Windows 7 beta partition. I have tried in Window 7 beta
upgrade and in Vista. No luck. Microsoft is more powerful than I am.

Please help me. What is the best way you remove an unwanted partition, using
Microsoft software? (Microsoft is more powerful than commercial partition
management software, which fails.)


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