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From: RoseW on 4 Nov 2009 10:49 Win7 Pro 64bit installed on its own drive and was labeled C. Everything is fine. My Data files were on another drive (now named E) XpPro 64bit was left intact on its own drive and there is a dual boot startup. Actually, Win7 would not do its final bootup in the install process unless this dual boot process was put in place. I have not gone back to the Xppro system through this first week so I'm now wondering what glitches to avoid when removing the contents of XpPro on Drive D I had asked at the shop where it was installed and the answer was to reformat the drive d. Perhaps I do too much 'WHAT IF?" but I wonder what happens to that initial start up screen for the choices of Win7 or Xp wouldn't there be some edits done in the F8 setup screens? Rose
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 4 Nov 2009 12:55 Careful, formatting may be a very bad idea. Depending on how your physical disks are laid out, you could make your machine unbootable. Even though Windows 7 designates its system drive as "C:", that doesn't mean it's the boot drive. The way to fix this is to use the horrible MS command line utility, Bcdedit. Or, be smarter and use one of the free graphical utilities that does the same thing. I use EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1). -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "RoseW" <wdmn(a)hurontel.on.ca> wrote in message news:uIArbZWXKHA.4780(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Win7 Pro 64bit installed on its own drive and was labeled C. Everything is > fine. My Data files were on another drive (now named E) > XpPro 64bit was left intact on its own drive and there is a dual boot > startup. Actually, Win7 would not do its final bootup in the install > process unless this dual boot process was put in place. > > I have not gone back to the Xppro system through this first week so I'm > now wondering what glitches to avoid when removing the contents of XpPro > on Drive D I had asked at the shop where it was installed and the answer > was to reformat the drive d. > > Perhaps I do too much 'WHAT IF?" but I wonder what happens to that initial > start up screen for the choices of Win7 or Xp wouldn't there be some edits > done in the F8 setup screens? > > Rose
From: Dominic Payer on 4 Nov 2009 13:57 If you did not change any BIOS settings your drive D is almost certainly the boot drive, so formatting it will make your machine unbootable. The Windows 7 drive can be made the boot drive in the BIOS, after formatting D, by changing the BIOS boot order. You will then need to boot from the Windows 7 DVD and select Repair your computer, then Command prompt, and use the Bootrec command http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392. The commands you need to execute are Bootrec /FixMbr and Bootrec /FixBoot. On 04/11/2009 15:49, RoseW wrote: > Win7 Pro 64bit installed on its own drive and was labeled C. Everything > is fine. My Data files were on another drive (now named E) > XpPro 64bit was left intact on its own drive and there is a dual boot > startup. Actually, Win7 would not do its final bootup in the install > process unless this dual boot process was put in place. > > I have not gone back to the Xppro system through this first week so I'm > now wondering what glitches to avoid when removing the contents of XpPro > on Drive D I had asked at the shop where it was installed and the answer > was to reformat the drive d. > > Perhaps I do too much 'WHAT IF?" but I wonder what happens to that > initial start up screen for the choices of Win7 or Xp wouldn't there be > some edits done in the F8 setup screens? > > Rose
From: RoseW on 4 Nov 2009 15:20 Charles Russel MVP wrote The way to fix this is to use the horrible MS command line utility, Bcdedit. Or, be smarter and use one of the free graphical utilities that does the same thing. I use EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1). On 2009-11-04 1:57 PM, Dominic Payer wrote: > If you did not change any BIOS settings your drive D is almost certainly > the boot drive, so formatting it will make your machine unbootable. > > The Windows 7 drive can be made the boot drive in the BIOS, after > formatting D, by changing the BIOS boot order. You will then need to > boot from the Windows 7 DVD and select Repair your computer, then > Command prompt, and use the Bootrec command > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392. The commands you need to execute > are Bootrec /FixMbr and Bootrec /FixBoot. Glad I asked here. I had referred my computer store person to the EasyBCD utility which I had found while doing research/prepare but perhaps I needed to be more forceful rather than 'suggesting' <grin> Bios settings were changed by the repair tech person but he was a bit surprised when win7 wouldn't boot so he had to go back there and set up the dual boot. I'll take the advice and get the EasyBCD utility plus procede carefully. If the whole scenario appears to be a minefield I can just lug the case back to the shop and have a discussion <LOL!> Rose > On 04/11/2009 15:49, RoseW wrote: >> Win7 Pro 64bit installed on its own drive and was labeled C. Everything >> is fine. My Data files were on another drive (now named E) >> XpPro 64bit was left intact on its own drive and there is a dual boot >> startup. Actually, Win7 would not do its final bootup in the install >> process unless this dual boot process was put in place. >> >> I have not gone back to the Xppro system through this first week so I'm >> now wondering what glitches to avoid when removing the contents of XpPro >> on Drive D I had asked at the shop where it was installed and the answer >> was to reformat the drive d. >> >> Perhaps I do too much 'WHAT IF?" but I wonder what happens to that >> initial start up screen for the choices of Win7 or Xp wouldn't there be >> some edits done in the F8 setup screens? >> >> Rose
From: Dominic Payer on 4 Nov 2009 15:45
EasyBCD will not help with changing the boot drive. It is very useful when modifying boot settings on the boot drive. The repair tech was on the right lines, but did not know the need to run Bootrec to make the Windows 7 drive bootable after changing the primary boot drive in the BIOS. On 04/11/2009 20:20, RoseW wrote: > Charles Russel MVP wrote > > The way to fix this is to use the horrible MS command line utility, > Bcdedit. Or, be smarter and use one of the free graphical utilities that > does the same thing. I use EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1). > > > On 2009-11-04 1:57 PM, Dominic Payer wrote: >> If you did not change any BIOS settings your drive D is almost certainly >> the boot drive, so formatting it will make your machine unbootable. >> >> The Windows 7 drive can be made the boot drive in the BIOS, after >> formatting D, by changing the BIOS boot order. You will then need to >> boot from the Windows 7 DVD and select Repair your computer, then >> Command prompt, and use the Bootrec command >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392. The commands you need to execute >> are Bootrec /FixMbr and Bootrec /FixBoot. > > Glad I asked here. > I had referred my computer store person to the EasyBCD utility which I > had found while doing research/prepare but perhaps I needed to be more > forceful rather than 'suggesting' <grin> > Bios settings were changed by the repair tech person but he was a bit > surprised when win7 wouldn't boot so he had to go back there and set up > the dual boot. > I'll take the advice and get the EasyBCD utility plus procede carefully. > If the whole scenario appears to be a minefield I can just lug the case > back to the shop and have a discussion <LOL!> > Rose > > > > >> On 04/11/2009 15:49, RoseW wrote: >>> Win7 Pro 64bit installed on its own drive and was labeled C. Everything >>> is fine. My Data files were on another drive (now named E) >>> XpPro 64bit was left intact on its own drive and there is a dual boot >>> startup. Actually, Win7 would not do its final bootup in the install >>> process unless this dual boot process was put in place. >>> >>> I have not gone back to the Xppro system through this first week so I'm >>> now wondering what glitches to avoid when removing the contents of XpPro >>> on Drive D I had asked at the shop where it was installed and the answer >>> was to reformat the drive d. >>> >>> Perhaps I do too much 'WHAT IF?" but I wonder what happens to that >>> initial start up screen for the choices of Win7 or Xp wouldn't there be >>> some edits done in the F8 setup screens? >>> >>> Rose > |