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| 1126954 | 2010-08-12 22:45:00 | Hi Cicero, I'm back. Do you want a Manual for your motherboard in PDF form? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1126955 | 2010-08-13 00:11:00 | Hi Cicero, I'm back. Do you want a Manual for your motherboard in PDF form? Thanks Snork. Do I need it now that I have Win7 on here? I would like to remove Vista,as my H/D isn't big enough for both.. I have a 1/2 T/B h/d but don't know how to install. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1126956 | 2010-08-13 00:16:00 | So I take it that you now have a dual boot system ( Vista and Win 7 ) and want to remove Vista? | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1126957 | 2010-08-13 00:42:00 | Boot off the Win7 dvd. Delete all partitions then create one, then reinstall Win7 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1126958 | 2010-08-13 00:46:00 | My advice too Speedy. I would hate to mention the likes of BCDEdit or EasyBCD at this time and confuse the issue further. :-) | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1126959 | 2010-08-13 00:50:00 | If you have both Vista and W7 on the same drive - I would think you missed one VERY important step . You should have wiped Vista -- The video I made and linked in Post 27 shows the complete steps, the only difference is you would only have one partition unless the drive has been partitioned into more . I think you may not have deleted the original Vista . IF you do have a dual boot - I suggest start again, this time watch the video I made . These following pictures show Vista on a separate drive -- when it gets to This screen ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/one1281656384 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) - on the RIGHT- Circled, click Drive options(advanced) -- I think this is the step that was possibly missed --- then select each drive one at a time and delete As shown Here ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Two1281656491 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) . On your drive there will be two partitions at least - one Vista and one W7 . The reason for saying wipe the lot is when you remove Vista, you will have to fix the boot loader in W7, Windows 7 wont boot without Vista if it was Dual Boot - then the front section (partition) of the drive where vista was will be blank . You may have to move the partition -- and that can sometimes all turn to custard . Better to start again . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1126960 | 2010-08-13 00:56:00 | My advice too Speedy. I would hate to mention the likes of BCDEdit or EasyBCD at this time and confuse the issue further. :-) That'll remove it form the menu, it wont give you back the space. Well you could go to msconfig / boot menu in Win7, delete the Vista OS (which removes it from the menu I think), make Win7 the default OS, reboot, then delete the files on the Vista partition |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1126961 | 2010-08-13 01:21:00 | Well lads,you have managed to cofuse me,not hard. I will study this lot and see what happens. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1126962 | 2010-08-13 01:23:00 | Take particular note of Post # 46 by Wainuitech!!! | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1126963 | 2010-08-13 05:49:00 | If you have both Vista and W7 on the same drive - I would think you missed one VERY important step . You should have wiped Vista -- The video I made and linked in Post 27 shows the complete steps, the only difference is you would only have one partition unless the drive has been partitioned into more . I think you may not have deleted the original Vista . IF you do have a dual boot - I suggest start again, this time watch the video I made . These following pictures show Vista on a separate drive -- when it gets to This screen ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/one1281656384 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) - on the RIGHT- Circled, click Drive options(advanced) -- I think this is the step that was possibly missed --- then select each drive one at a time and delete As shown Here ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Two1281656491 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) . On your drive there will be two partitions at least - one Vista and one W7 . The reason for saying wipe the lot is when you remove Vista, you will have to fix the boot loader in W7, Windows 7 wont boot without Vista if it was Dual Boot - then the front section (partition) of the drive where vista was will be blank . You may have to move the partition -- and that can sometimes all turn to custard . Better to start again . If you mean by dual boot,having both OS's on the hard drive then yes,when booting it stops at one point and gives option of Win7 or Vista . I am thinking of gettin 500gig H/D fitted(which I have in the drawer)and having both,what do you think? |
Cicero (40) | ||
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