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Dual Booting
I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a
separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry |
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Use EasyBCD to remove XP from the list.
EasyBCD: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "theslaz" wrote in message news:0pDJm.51104$Db2.20582@edtnps83... I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry |
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Use EasyBCD to remove XP from the list.
EasyBCD: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "theslaz" wrote in message news:0pDJm.51104$Db2.20582@edtnps83... I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry |
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You haven't specified how you plan to eliminate Windows XP. Sounds
like the System partition is the partition containing Windows XP, so if you nuke that partition, you won't be able to boot Windows 7. On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:16 GMT, theslaz wrote: I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry |
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You haven't specified how you plan to eliminate Windows XP. Sounds
like the System partition is the partition containing Windows XP, so if you nuke that partition, you won't be able to boot Windows 7. On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:16 GMT, theslaz wrote: I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry |
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On 11/9/2009 4:12 PM, Andy wrote:
You haven't specified how you plan to eliminate Windows XP. Sounds like the System partition is the partition containing Windows XP, so if you nuke that partition, you won't be able to boot Windows 7. On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:16 GMT, wrote: I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry Now you have me confused. I thought that by putting Windows on a separate disk, I would have two disks with a system installed. The original one for Xp and the new one for Windows 7. I was assuming that I could just format the drive with XP on it. It is only a 60 Gig drive and I would just use it for some extra storage; however; if I can't format; than I'll just leave XP on it! Can't do any harm. Let me know! I need to know! |
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On 11/9/2009 4:12 PM, Andy wrote:
You haven't specified how you plan to eliminate Windows XP. Sounds like the System partition is the partition containing Windows XP, so if you nuke that partition, you won't be able to boot Windows 7. On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:16 GMT, wrote: I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry Now you have me confused. I thought that by putting Windows on a separate disk, I would have two disks with a system installed. The original one for Xp and the new one for Windows 7. I was assuming that I could just format the drive with XP on it. It is only a 60 Gig drive and I would just use it for some extra storage; however; if I can't format; than I'll just leave XP on it! Can't do any harm. Let me know! I need to know! |
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But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate
partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "theslaz" wrote in message news:KY4Km.51308$Db2.19689@edtnps83... On 11/9/2009 4:12 PM, Andy wrote: You haven't specified how you plan to eliminate Windows XP. Sounds like the System partition is the partition containing Windows XP, so if you nuke that partition, you won't be able to boot Windows 7. On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:16 GMT, wrote: I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry Now you have me confused. I thought that by putting Windows on a separate disk, I would have two disks with a system installed. The original one for Xp and the new one for Windows 7. I was assuming that I could just format the drive with XP on it. It is only a 60 Gig drive and I would just use it for some extra storage; however; if I can't format; than I'll just leave XP on it! Can't do any harm. Let me know! I need to know! |
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But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate
partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "theslaz" wrote in message news:KY4Km.51308$Db2.19689@edtnps83... On 11/9/2009 4:12 PM, Andy wrote: You haven't specified how you plan to eliminate Windows XP. Sounds like the System partition is the partition containing Windows XP, so if you nuke that partition, you won't be able to boot Windows 7. On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:16 GMT, wrote: I loaded Windows 7 on my computer several days ago. Loaded it on a separate partition; thus have two operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows XP. Thinking of eliminating Windows XP as I have all the necessary files migrated to the Windows 7 system. My question is; what will happen to the choices the system gives me at boot up. Right now it asks whether to boot to Windows 7 or my previous installation of XP. Will this option automatically disappear; or will I have to do something else on my part? Thanks in advance Jerry Now you have me confused. I thought that by putting Windows on a separate disk, I would have two disks with a system installed. The original one for Xp and the new one for Windows 7. I was assuming that I could just format the drive with XP on it. It is only a 60 Gig drive and I would just use it for some extra storage; however; if I can't format; than I'll just leave XP on it! Can't do any harm. Let me know! I need to know! |
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On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:
But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on. |
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On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:
But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on. |
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On Nov 12, 4:31*pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote: But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on. You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me) on drive 2. When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD. Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR. I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows 7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD. However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER! |
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On Nov 12, 4:31*pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote: But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on. You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me) on drive 2. When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD. Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR. I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows 7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD. However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER! |
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Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive 2 is the boot drive peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "smlunatick" wrote in message ... On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote: On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote: But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on. You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me) on drive 2. When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD. Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR. I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows 7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD. However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER! |
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Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive 2 is the boot drive peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "smlunatick" wrote in message ... On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote: On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote: But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate partition not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a W7 MBR with dual boot info. If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not disconnect the XP drive. I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the DVD. By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your system with the W7 DVD in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to correct the MBR http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html peter Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on. You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me) on drive 2. When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD. Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR. I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows 7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD. However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER! |
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