Dual Booting but Want to Replace XP with Windows 7

limneos said:

If you want to install Windows7 , there is another (more safe) way for you

1. Boot from Windows 7 DVD
2. During Installation, select your Windows XP partition , delete it and choose the empty partition to be your installation target. Don't do anything to Vista's partition.
3. Install windows 7 normally.

That's it. Windows 7 will take care of the boot entries and will give you both Vista and Windows 7 to boot from.

Note: Later on, when you enter Windows 7, you will see your Vista partition missing. Don't get scared. It's not missing, its just hidden. When you fiinish the steps above, come back here and I'll give you a small guide to unhide it. In any case, you will be able to boot to both Vista and Windows 7.

Cheers

Yes this is the proper way surely? Well its how i have always done it. I don't understand the theory behind just deleting the files etc??

limneos said:

Note: Later on, when you enter Windows 7, you will see your Vista partition missing. Don't get scared. It's not missing, its just hidden. When you fiinish the steps above, come back here and I'll give you a small guide to unhide it. In any case, you will be able to boot to both Vista and Windows 7.
Cheers

Hey there, what are the steps to unhide it?

Thank you

Hi boxterduke,

Go into 7 Disk Management, rt click the Vista partition>Change Drive letter and Paths>Add >Assign drive letter>OK

Hope it helps

SIW2

limneos said:

2. Normally, after Windows 7 installation, only BCD will be your boot manager because Windows 7 will install its own new BCD, which will automatically include your Vista options as well, it finds it by itself.

Yes so what should I do - delete Acronis and leave my existing version of BCD alone, which will be updated presumably by Windows 7 ?

Just want to make sure having either, both or none of these apps is the preferred way forward

Cheers again

roz

Hi rozel,

I suggest deleting Acronis and letting Win 7 boot management do the job.

Hope it helps

SIW2

I would like to delete Vista all Together and Just use Windows 7. I want to be able to load Win 7 from My "C" Drive were Vista is because its a Faster and Larger Drive.

I have a Program Called Apricorn EZ Gig II Cloning Software. If I Clone My "E: Drive were Windows RTM 7127 Lives to My Formatted "C" Drive , in theary, I should be able to Boot from my "C" Drive Using Windows 7127.

Any help or guidance on this matter would be much appreciated!

Thanks
CBKITT

Hi cbkitt,

You would need to go through the steps needed to make E ( I assume HD1 ) the boot hd.

Then clone it to what is now C (HD 0).

This means copying the bootfiles from C to E and installing a NT6 compatble mbr on it , before cloning.

You would need to use the command line, if you are comfortable with that.

How do you install a NT6 compatble mbr on that C Drive. What is a NT6 compatble mbr?

Please Help

Thanks

CBKITT