| Windows 7: My stupidity with other OS's |
29 Jul 2010
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My stupidity with other OS's Hey guys, kinda new here, I know a little bit about computers but not a lot... I was experimenting with some other OS's (Ubuntu, Fedora, WinXP, etc.) and I decided just to keep 7 for now and delete the rest. Well, all the OS's came off fine, I reinstalled 7 with no problem, I just have one thing that's annoying me... it still doesn't just boot 7 automatically, it asks if I want to boot Windows 7 or "an older version of Windows". Of course, whenever you click it it just basically says nothing is there, because there is nothing there... I just want to know if anyone knows how to remove this option so Windows 7 just boots without any other options. I know it's probably impossible to remove it COMPLETELY, so even if there is just a configuration in Windows 7 that just boots Windows 7 without asking to boot any other OS's but doesn't delete your old OS's, that'd be fine. Any help would be appreciated, I'd just like to get rid of the "older Windows" option lol. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dv6-1230us OS Win7 CPU Intel core 2 Duo T6500 @ 2.10ghz Memory 4GB Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Hard Drives 320GB HDD |
29 Jul 2010
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 Newport, South Wales, UK |
Type "msconfig.exe" into the start search and run the program presented
One the Boot tab of the application you should see the two start-up choices you are seeing
simply select and delete the entry you do not need | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer) OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz Motherboard Aspire M3400 Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) PSU Stock (400W) Case Acer M3400 Cooling Stock Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle Antivirus Avast Browser Chrome Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s) Bamboo Digitizer tablet
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86) Plus various test systems for new projects |
29 Jul 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by Barman58 Type "msconfig.exe" into the start search and run the program presented
One the Boot tab of the application you should see the two start-up choices you are seeing
simply select and delete the entry you do not need I've actually used msconfig already, but all that shows up is Windows 7. I used that to delete a previous 3rd option, a dead link to a second Windows 7 (I still don't fully understand what happened there). I've done the disc clean up and disk clean up and disk defragment but nothings worked, I'm at a loss :'( | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dv6-1230us OS Win7 CPU Intel core 2 Duo T6500 @ 2.10ghz Memory 4GB Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Hard Drives 320GB HDD |
29 Jul 2010
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 Newport, South Wales, UK |
OK check your install for a widows.old folder which may be the remains of an previous Windows 7 install or it may be the remains of an old copy of XP on another partition - I would delete and remake any other unused partitions to be totally sure of cleaning them fully.
It may be useful if you could post a screenshot of your current partitions | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer) OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz Motherboard Aspire M3400 Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) PSU Stock (400W) Case Acer M3400 Cooling Stock Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle Antivirus Avast Browser Chrome Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s) Bamboo Digitizer tablet
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86) Plus various test systems for new projects |
29 Jul 2010
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Alright, I screenshotted, it's just the reserve and c:/ right now evidently :/ | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dv6-1230us OS Win7 CPU Intel core 2 Duo T6500 @ 2.10ghz Memory 4GB Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Hard Drives 320GB HDD |
29 Jul 2010
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Does anyone else think they could have any idea what this might be? Sorry for self bumping here. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dv6-1230us OS Win7 CPU Intel core 2 Duo T6500 @ 2.10ghz Memory 4GB Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Hard Drives 320GB HDD |
29 Jul 2010
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 Newport, South Wales, UK |
The system is booting from the system reserved partition ( the actual partition that Windows 7 is on is a logical drive ), and the boot sector appears to be corrupted.
Have put a request in to check if anyone else here has seen this before, hopefully there will be someone who can suggest something better than repartitioning. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer) OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz Motherboard Aspire M3400 Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) PSU Stock (400W) Case Acer M3400 Cooling Stock Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle Antivirus Avast Browser Chrome Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s) Bamboo Digitizer tablet
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86) Plus various test systems for new projects |
29 Jul 2010
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Thank you, I'll get on that right now, I appreciate your help  Also thank you Barman, you've been very kind, it's nice to be in such a kind and helpful community
Last edited by Azuremein; 29 Jul 2010 at 05:52 PM..
Reason: Forgot to thank Barman for his help
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dv6-1230us OS Win7 CPU Intel core 2 Duo T6500 @ 2.10ghz Memory 4GB Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Hard Drives 320GB HDD |
29 Jul 2010
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Build 7600) Wales |
have you had a looky here pal | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Build 7600) CPU AMD Phenom Quad core 9950 black edition Motherboard Gigabyte Memory 8Gb Graphics Card 2x XFX Radeon 5850 Sound Card PCI Express X-Fi Titanium / Logitech G35 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP 2410i Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G15 Mouse Logitech G9 PSU Jean Tech Storm 700W Case Cooler Master COSMOS S Cooling Akasa Evo Blue Pro Hard Drives 1x 500Gb Seagate
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