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Would really like to hear from anyone who tries this.[/QUOTE]
OK you have heard from me....
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Would really like to hear from anyone who tries this.[/QUOTE]
OK you have heard from me....
I read your post with interest several times but didn't read where you had actually done this. It is a great idea.
In fact your last paragraph up top gave me the mistaken impression that you were only proposing it hypothetically.
That is the only reason I asked for someone to let us know if they try it.
So had you tried checking what drive Win7 assumed when you unplugged Vista, before trying Startup Repair?
Last edited by gregrocker; 01 Dec 2009 at 16:41.
There were so many folks having problems with dual boot situations and since I knew very little about it, I started experimenting. I have learned quite a bit and tried several different senarios, but there are still MANY things I do not know.
I have run startup repair enough times now that I feel fairly comfortable with it.
It is nice to have a spare Win 7 capable computer to play with...
1) boot onto your windows vista
2) go to 'run' or press start
3) type in 'diskmgmt.msc' (no quotes) and press 'yes' for UAC
4) now look for the drive the u have ur windows 7 on
5) right click on it
6) press 'change drive letter and paths...'
7) select the drive of windows 7 again
8) press 'change'
9) select a letter (can't be one that exists)
10) press 'ok'
11) it will ask u to confirm, press 'yes'
+ rep me if i helped in any way :)
ENJOY!!
Last edited by ark1227; 01 Dec 2009 at 17:35. Reason: spellin error
Just for Info:
I can confirm that Win7 takes automatically over the letter C when it is the only oS left on the rig. Regardless if it was installed 1st, 2nd or...
And any partition that contains system data (i.e.: copy of boot data because yoou saved some app data there...) will be flagged as "active" in Management Console.
Cheers