Moving the bootmgr from infected XP partition to healthy Win7


  1. aayushagra
    Posts : 8
    Windows 7 ultimate x32
       New #1

    Moving the bootmgr from infected XP partition to healthy Win7


    Migrating my dad's PC from XP to 7 but i seem to have run into a problem. The XP partition seems to be infected and normal Malwarebytes/Avast scans didn't fix it. I'm not interested in further pursuing the disinfection as i want to delete the XP partition anyway.

    Question is, right now XP is installed in DualBoot with 7 and if i delete the XP partition right away the bootmgr goes with it. I also can't log onto the XP partition as the one time i tried that it ended up infecting the Win7 partition aswell. Is there any way to move the bootmgr without logging onto the XP partition?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Ztruker
    Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       New #2

    Sure, see here: Remove Windows XP from Dual Boot
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. AddRAM
    Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       New #3

    Why don`t you backup his data and format the entire drive, then re install 7 ?

    Clean Install Windows 7
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. gregrocker
    Posts : 50,642
       New #4

    If you'll post back a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image we can give you the exact steps to do what you want.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
I am not sure if this is right forum. I go into Computer - Manage - Disk Management, right click and it shows no option to delete, only "help". I clone the whole hard drive once in awhile and don't want it neither in my computer nor clone hard drive. Windows 7 Home Prem. notebook. ...
Hi Everyone, I am having an issue with a "missing" dll file - the effects of this error (shown below) is that many programs are not behaving. http://www.systemcontrol.com.au/images/captures/DLL-File.PNG I removed the drive containing the error from my laptop and plugged it into an external...
I've just installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on my new laptop and when I checked my computer only one local disk was visible. When I checked disk management, this was the one shown. The disk has no name and file type. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/810/harddriveproblem.jpg/ I don't...
Hi I am using Win7 Home Premium N and XP Home on a dual-boot system but I want to move my Win7 partition from one drive to another but am not sure how to do it. Currently XP is on partition C: and Win7 on partition O: and essentially, what I want to do is to move partition O: to my main drive...
Hey. Just yesterday Windows 7 got infected with some kind of bug that cause it to lag, crashed programs and was apparently capable of piggybacking off USB sticks- as my eeePC could tell you. I've reinstalled a new copy of Windows 7 on a different partition of the same HDD but now I can't seem to...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 22:32.
Find Us