Remove XP from dual boot with Windows 7

I stay away from 3rd party partitions, as OP most of the time mess up.

Wow! So many replies! Thank you, all!

Nevertheless I have to admit I'm lost a bit. Can someone summarize what you guys suggest me to do? Is there any concensus here?

Thanks again!

Alright, let me just make sure I got this right: in post #16 you suggest:
"Option Four of this tutorial at the link below to safely convert C: to a Primary partition so the "System" boot files can be stored on the Windows 7 C: partition".
Assume it's done then I guess there are more steps to do before I can eliminate the dual boot and boot directly to Windows 7, right? If yes, can outline the further steps so I can see the total flow of steps that i need to do?
Cheers!

OK, so here is what I'll do:
0./1. Reboot with the freshly created Repair Disk to verify that it works :)
0./2. Shut down the PC :)
1. Unplug the two other hard disks.
2. Reboot using the Partition Wizard Bootable CD and convert C: to a Primary partition
3. Reboot to Windows 7 again to see if it works. (Crossing fingers in the meantime... :))
[3./a Post you a progress update to this forum :)]
4. Run diskmgmt.msc to mark C: as Active partition
5. Reboot again, this time with the Repair Disc and do the Startup Repair (at least 3 times)

Do I miss anything?
Once all this is done, can I delete the old Windows XP partition and add it to the C: ??

Hi BFK

You can copy & paste boot files from the Win XP, & mark Windows 7 partition active.
No, need to do Startup Repair once.

Ray.

Bare Foot Kid said:

Yes Ray but as you are always telling me, let's keep it as simple as possible for the OPs.


There's BCDBoot also but let's not go there either.

You done the easy simple one in the other thread when I was sleep.

Ray.