vue666
join:2007-12-07
| [WIN7] Remove XP
Hi,
I have three physical hard drives in my Win 7 computer. I installed Win7 Home Premium fine on a separate physical hard drive. Windows XP is installed on a second hard drive. The third hard drive is for data (video recording & dvd authoring)...
Win 7's disk manager will not allow me to delete the XP volume so I can remove it and replace it with a bigger drive. I tried the command line diskpart utility but it too would not allow me to delete the volume as it was in use....
Frustrated I disabled the drive in bios and Win 7 would not load saying the os is missing... Enabling the hard drive in bios at least allowed Win 7 to load...
How do I remove XP from the second hard drive so I can replace it with a bigger drive? How do I enable Win 7 to bootup after I remove the 2nd hard drive?
Thanks kindly.... |
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| said by vue666  :Hi, I have three physical hard drives in my Win 7 computer. I installed Win7 Home Premium fine on a separate physical hard drive. Windows XP is installed on a second hard drive. The third hard drive is for data (video recording & dvd authoring)... Win 7's disk manager will not allow me to delete the XP volume so I can remove it and replace it with a bigger drive. I tried the command line diskpart utility but it too would not allow me to delete the volume as it was in use.... Frustrated I disabled the drive in bios and Win 7 would not load saying the os is missing... Enabling the hard drive in bios at least allowed Win 7 to load... How do I remove XP from the second hard drive so I can replace it with a bigger drive? How do I enable Win 7 to bootup after I remove the 2nd hard drive? Thanks kindly.... reinstall also Windows 7 has "XP mode" if you need it |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07
| ???? Don't follow what you're saying. I don't need Xp or Xp mode. I want to physically remove my hard drive that has Xp on it.
I did install the upgrade version of Windows 7 which means I had to have a legitimate copy of a prior Windows on my computer in order to install Win 7... |
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Anonymous_
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1 edit | well if your boot loader is on it
reboot without the other HDD in the comp
Put windows 7 disk in
Format C:
Reinstall
with out the other HDD on the comp |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07 | But it's the upgrade version. It requires XP to be on the computer or it won't install....
And I don't want to re-install... AND IF I do re-install, I'll most likely have to get on the phone with Microsoft to be able to reactivate.... |
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clubs: | keep the dual boot other wise your screwed |
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Frohike
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| reply to vue666
said by vue666 :But it's the upgrade version. It requires XP to be on the computer or it won't install.... And I don't want to re-install... AND IF I do re-install, I'll most likely have to get on the phone with Microsoft to be able to reactivate.... You've answered your own question. Thats why you can't remove XP. Its part of the boot process. |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07 | So in other words IF you upgrade, upgrade to the same physical drive as XP is on....  |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07
| I was able find this article on the tech republic... Seems like a lot of hoops to jump through though....
»blogs.techrepublic.com.com/windo···/?p=1751 |
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Frohike
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Waxahachie, TX | reply to vue666
If you decide to try that - let us know if it worked or not =). |
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Loco
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said by vue666 :But it's the upgrade version. It requires XP to be on the computer or it won't install.... And this is exactly why i only buy the *full* versions of any operating system.
I could careless how much the difference is in price..:+) |
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reboot with the windows 7 disk in the cd drive, then format the win 7 and xp drive during the install. then remove drive 2 later.
ive already reinstalled the upgrade version in my laptop once without going back to vista to do so. the upgrade will install over itself. |
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said by Loco :said by vue666 :But it's the upgrade version. It requires XP to be on the computer or it won't install.... And this is exactly why i only buy the *full* versions of any operating system. I could careless how much the difference is in price..:+) Agreed! I don't want any ties to the last version on my system. Fresh installs all the way.
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Satan is always busy. He makes bad things look good and good things look bad! Watch that Devil. |
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gregz
join:2009-10-01 | reply to vue666
First question is, which drive is the Bootfile mgr on? If it is on the XP drive, the only way to fix, is to do a Custom install, and install on the drive you want. |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07 | The Bootmgr & Boot folder are on the XP drive....
If I re-install Windows 7, will I have to phone Microsoft to re-activate? |
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gregz
join:2009-10-01 | No. Did you have to call before to activate? Now, there is a way to fix the bootmgr. Take a look at »forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread···t=142511 |
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upgrade editions normally just ask you to insert a previous Windows CD in order to verify it. ive never heard of having to have a copy of the previous Windows pre-installed on the computer, let alone on a separate drive. |
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gregz
join:2009-10-01 | Not 7. It does a check to see if there is a pre-installed OS, then goes on to ask you for the key for the new OS. No longer since 98 do you need to a previous OS disk.
It is so simple now days, it is not funny. |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07
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said by Somnambul33t :upgrade editions normally just ask you to insert a previous Windows CD in order to verify it. ive never heard of having to have a copy of the previous Windows pre-installed on the computer, let alone on a separate drive. Apparently with Windows 7 Upgrade a prerequisite is to have a previous installed copy of Windows on your computer. Unlike prior versions which simply allowed you to insert the prior Windows installation media...
The fact I installed to a seperate physical hard drive was my choice. In hindsight it would have been easier to installl Win7 to the same hard drive as XP.... Except theXP hard drive was a fairly old 40gb Quantum Fireball drive... |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07
| Just got home from work and was feeling brave...
So I followed the instructions in the TechRepublic link
»blogs.techrepublic.com.com/windo···/?p=1751
And everything went fine in the DiskPart utility..
I then typed
Bootrec /fixmbr
Next I typed...
Bootrec /fixboot
Which gave me an error - error element not found...
A quick google turned up a few suggestions but none worked...
Another google turned this up
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
x:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force
(x: beeing the drive letter assigned to your DVD when you boot from the Win7 install disc... My drive was assigned F: )
Rebooted and everything is fine and thanks to the earlier steps in the TechRepublic article XP disk is now empty and can be used for data...
I also ran the EasyBCD utility to remove the Windows Xp option from my boot menu...
Cheers
V666 |
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