Too many OS's on boot

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  1. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64
       #1

    Too many OS's on boot


    I had Win7 HP installed twice - Drive C & G - for emergency purposes. I installed Win7 Pro on D. Now when the DOS boot screen comes up it shows 4 OS's. BCDedit indicates I have OS's on C, D, G & I and it shows the Legacy OS on I. What is wrong and how to I fix it?

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #2

    Hello rdwray.



    You can use BCDEdit to remove some of the entries, just be sure not to remove the entry with the boot files on it, it'll be listed as "System" in disk management; have a look at the tutorial at the link below.


    How to Use the BCDEDIT Command Line Tool
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  3. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That's my problem, which one do I remove????
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  4. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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    rdwray said:
    That's my problem, which one do I remove????


    Post up a snip of the whole disk management for us to have a look at, right click computer, manage, disk management; have a look at the tutorial at the link below to see the best way to post snips here at Seven Forums.


    A Preferred Method of Uploading/Posting Screen Shots
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  5. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64
    Thread Starter
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    Here is the bootmgr: Too many OS's on boot-bootmgr.jpg
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  6. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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    How about a snip of the whole disk management so we can get the "big picture" OK?
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  7. Posts : 16,133
    7 X64
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    That only shows 2 entries.

    Probabaly the easiest way for you to tackle it is with msconfig.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...list-boot.html

    Type msconfig in start search, clcik it when it pops up.

    Click the boot tab.

    Delete the entries you don't want ( it won't let you delete the default entry)
    Last edited by Brink; 30 May 2010 at 10:32. Reason: added link
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  8. Posts : 170
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    Thread Starter
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    Complete bootmgr: Too many OS's on boot-bootmgr.jpg
    Here is msconfig and all the OS's shown are legal: Too many OS's on boot-msconfig.jpg
    Here is discmgr: Too many OS's on boot-discmgr.jpg

    Here is the DOS boot screen list:

    Windows 7 Professional (This is the bad OS)
    Windows 7
    Normal OS
    Windows 7
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  9. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Found the problem was the "Lagacy OS Loader" and deleted it. This is a good example of one of Win7 problems.
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  10. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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    SIW2 said:
    That only shows 2 entries.

    Probabaly the easiest way for you to tackle it is with msconfig.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...list-boot.html

    Type msconfig in start search, clcik it when it pops up.

    Click the boot tab.

    Delete the entries you don't want ( it won't let you delete the default entry)
    Hello SIW, thanks!

    I forget about this as I learned to use BCDEdit while I was booting W7 and XP, XP would never show up in msconfig in W7.



    @rdwray, are you saying you found a solution and the issue is resolved?
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