Correct Way To Remove Dual Boot Windows??

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I currently have windows 7 and windows vista installed on my system, and would like to remove windows vista. Whats is the correct way of doing this, can i just delect vista's windows directory and all folder relating to vista? How can i remove the dual boot up screen on system start up, so it boots into windows 7 without asking for an option of which OS to load??
 
Format the Vista partition and then use your Windows 7 disc to repair the boot menu.

Job done in 5 minutes.:)

Edit: If you want to retain files in the Vista partition then deleting the Windows folder will have the same effect but you'll still need to use the disc to remove it from the boot menu. You can do it from Windows but it involves more faffing about.
 
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Yeah i still have files i need to keep on the vista drive so cant format the whole drive. Wheres the option for repairing the boot menu on Windows 7 disc, can i load it through windows itself or from system startup?
 
lettuce said:
Yeah i still have files i need to keep on the vista drive so cant format the whole drive. Wheres the option for repairing the boot menu on Windows 7 disc, can i load it through windows itself or from system startup?
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I've always just popped the disc in when booting the computer. Boot from the DVD and then down the bottom of the screen there should be a bit that says "repair windows installation" or something like that.

It takes minutes to do.

Here's a guide on how to do it with the Vista DVD:LINK

"Startup Repair" is the option you want. Don't be scared it can't break anything.:)
 
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I cant seem to delete the windows folder, saying i need permission form the trustedinstaller to make changes to this folder, any suggestions
 
Tried both, doesnt work, doing it in the command prompt give access denied message, and disabling UAC doesnt help. Any other suggestions?
 
Boot from your CD and go to "Repair your computer".

Select "Command prompt" from the menu that comes up and try deleting it from there.

That might work cause you're not actually in Windows at that point.

You can then select "Startup repair" if it works and reboot into 7 without the choose which version of windows menu.
 
Saw this on another site:

...after about an hour of experimenting, the following worked:

Take ownership of all the files and subfolders.
(I used properties->security->advanced->change permissions

Take off read only

Delete!
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Give that a go from the Windows 7 partition.
 
Slam62 said:
don't you just run msconfig to edit the boot menu
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Yeah, you can do that but the method using the DVD is foolproof and you don;t have to manually change any settings.

I didn't know how much the OP new about how to use the msconfig command so went for what I thought was the easiest method.:)

Edit: Actually, just checked it and that's even more simple looking than I remembered and much quicker.
 
I formated the drive in the end, couldnt be arsed with fudging about with it anymore, so i nuked it :). Yeah i used MSconfig, completely forgot about that method of changing the boot process. Really annoying about permission assess though, thought MS could have made it a little easier!. Cheers guys
 
I was going to suggest a simple format of the un-needed vista drive. You could have done this too - my comp properties - advance - startup and recovery - edit. then delete the line that you dont need - This for example.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
 
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