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[Help] Un-dual boot Win7/XP

JerikTelorianJerikTelorian Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Hey folks,

I installed the Win7RC awhile back, and have enjoyed it thoroughly. Thoroughly enough, in fact, that I have no need for my Windows XP install anymore. The machine is currently dual booting XP/Win7 but I'd like to simply remove XP from the equation and recover that hard disk space.

I could simply format the partition, but I imagine the bootloader wouldn't like that one bit. How do I convince the bootloader to ignore XP and jump straight to Win7?

Thanks much!

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XBL: LiquidSnake2061
Shade wrote: »
EtherealWalrus wrote: »
Anyone notice how some things (mattresses and the copy machines in Highrise) are totally impenetrable? A steel wall, yeah that makes sense, but bullets should obliterate copy machines.

I don't know about you, but I always buy a bullet proof printer. Its a lot more expensive, but I think the advantages are apparent.
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  • travathiantravathian Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Start -> Right click Computer and chose manage -> advanced system settings -> "startup and recovery" settings -> Make sure Win7 is set to default then remove the checkbox next to "time to list".

    This will cause it to automatically boot to Win7 and skip that opening boot menu.

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  • JerikTelorianJerikTelorian Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    travathian wrote: »
    Start -> Right click Computer and chose manage -> advanced system settings -> "startup and recovery" settings -> Make sure Win7 is set to default then remove the checkbox next to "time to list".

    This will cause it to automatically boot to Win7 and skip that opening boot menu.

    Awesome, thanks.

    I should be able to format the XP partiton safely now, correct?

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    SteamID -- JerikTelorian
    XBL: LiquidSnake2061
    Shade wrote: »
    EtherealWalrus wrote: »
    Anyone notice how some things (mattresses and the copy machines in Highrise) are totally impenetrable? A steel wall, yeah that makes sense, but bullets should obliterate copy machines.

    I don't know about you, but I always buy a bullet proof printer. Its a lot more expensive, but I think the advantages are apparent.
  • travathiantravathian Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    You can keep it as a separate partition or there are tools out there that will let you expand the Win7 partition to fill the drive. Use at your own risk and backup your data before using them.

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  • powersurgepowersurge Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    The machine I'm on atm isn't dual boot but if I recall correctly you can remove it in msconfig if it still shows up on the OS list after nuking the partition.

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