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| Thread ID: 121301 | 2011-10-19 21:16:00 | Help needed to remove old XP HHD. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1238663 | 2011-10-19 21:16:00 | I have just upgraded from a 20g HDD with XP to a larger HHD with WIN7. I now want to disconnect the XP HDD and just go with the Win7. However, I cannot work out how to do it. I have attempted to use EasyBCD but to no avail. Using the Win7 program disk to "repair your computer" does not work either. It does load the system but it does not retain it and I have to use the DVD to reboot. When I look in "My Computer" the new disk remains as F:, not C: as I would have thought. How do you professionals do it? |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1238664 | 2011-10-19 21:21:00 | Use EasyBCD to remove the XP entry, take out the old hard drive then repair the PC with the Windows 7 DVD. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1238665 | 2011-10-19 21:25:00 | Thats what I thought and have tried. Maybe I am missing a step or two but I can't get that to work! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1238666 | 2011-10-19 21:48:00 | Personally I would have taken XP out of the game to start with if you had no intention of dual booting, then simply install W7 on the new HDD. It may be safer to start again, only takes about 20 minutes to install W7 on a average PC the normal way --- There are quicker ways :D -- but for a single install not worth it. If you have W7 running as drive F then there will be problems, as programs like to install to C as default, and if you leave it as F, then every time you go to install something you will have to redirect it to F. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1238667 | 2011-10-19 21:49:00 | Personally I would have taken XP out of the game to start with if you had no intention of dual booting, then simply install W7 on the new HDD. It may be safer to start again, only takes about 20 minutes to install W7 on a average PC the normal way --- There are quicker ways :D -- but for a single install not worth it. If you have W7 running as drive F then there will be problems, as programs like to install to C as default, and if you leave it as F, then every time you go to install something you will have to redirect it to F. Agreed. You're possibly better off starting again (then if you need the XP files, plug that in later and grab the files off) |
KiwiTechie (16596) | ||
| 1238668 | 2011-10-19 21:54:00 | Problem as I see it is that I am using a Win7 upgrade package that needs XP or Vista before I can load WIN7. Otherwise I would have done as suggested. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1238669 | 2011-10-19 22:09:00 | Ways around that as well :D | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1238670 | 2011-10-19 22:14:00 | Here is quite a useful article. You are not doing anything illegal here as you to have the XP licence. www.winsupersite.com |
AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 1238671 | 2011-10-19 22:39:00 | Thanks guys. Backto the drawing board again! I guess I just can't ask the system to change the drive from F: to C: - nah, far too easy! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1238672 | 2011-10-19 22:58:00 | If you have W7 running as drive F then there will be problems I would say if Windows 7 is running from drive F: you already have a massive problem, whatever drive/partition it's installed on always (without exception) shows up as C:, unlike XP... |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
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