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Windows boot files or boot manager installed in wrong partitiion
this is what I did, since I have no CD-ROM, to install Win7 I created a partion X: NTFS and set it as the ACTIVE ONE, the put there the Windows 7 installation files, and opened prompt command to type bootsect.exe /n60 X: , next I restarted my computer, and automatically it booted into the Windows 7 setup, I installed Windows 7 on the partition C: and formatted the partition C:, everything installed and after the installation finished, a multiple choice menu appears that reads:
Windows 7
Windows Setup
I believe my error was not to set partition C: back as the active one, during the installation process where it asks you in which partition to install, I just formatted C: but forgot to set it as the ACTIVE ONE
I have 6 partition in total, but there is no need to put them all, just the ones , that are involved, this is how my partitions look:
Cboot,page file,crash dump, primary partition)
XSystem,Active,Primary partition <<<this one became hidden
Code:Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume6 description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} integrityservices Enable default {current} resumeobject {d83e2461-3627-11e2-b0f9-efb109b9309a} displayorder {current} {7619dcc9-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 8 locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {d83e2463-3627-11e2-b0f9-efb109b9309a} integrityservices Enable recoveryenabled Yes allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075 osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {d83e2461-3627-11e2-b0f9-efb109b9309a} nx OptIn bootmenupolicy Standard Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {7619dcc9-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411 -000476eba25f} path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe description Windows Setup locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411 -000476eba25f} systemroot \windows bootmenupolicy Standard detecthal Yes winpe Yes ems No
what I want is to make the X: partition a worthless partition just containing the Windows 7 installation files, and that everything looks like if I installed from a CD-ROM rather than from a partition. please tell in BCDEDIT commands... does that mean I have to move the boot files or boot manager into C:?
I also would like to remove the multiple choice screen, but more important is to make X: partition a worthless partition
Last edited by Brink; 25 Dec 2012 at 21:56. Reason: code box