Removing Windows Vista from Dual Boot with Windows 7

Yes, I read the screenshot earlier today and posted the steps above for you to mark Win7 active and recover the System MBR into it.

Hi Ralph,

If you want to try an easier way, from within win 7, d/l this zip, rt click it >properties>unblock>apply>ok.

Rt click and RUN AS ADMIN on sispar.cmd.

sisparV5.zip

SIW2 said:

Hi Ralph,

If you want to try an easier way, from within win 7, d/l this zip, rt click it >properties>unblock>apply>ok.

Rt click and RUN AS ADMIN on sispar.cmd.

sisparV5.zip

Hi SIW2

I was playing round with your app today,looks good.

How about a nice Tutorial.

Ray.

when i try to run deom ein 7 i get message that bootsect.exe file is missing

Did you try running the extracted file which SIW2 uploaded for you, and what was the exact result?

Did you try following exactly the steps I posted up earlier to do the operations needed manually, and if so what were the results of those?

You need to do one or the other, and post back readable results.

My testing of SIW2 tool.



You may need to do a startup repair once.
Startup Repair

theog, did the syspar file uploaded by SIW2 designed to recover MBR into Win7 also delete the XP partition? The reason I ask is because the former Vista and XP partitions are showing unallocated space in your screenie.

If so, then OP may not want to use it since he wants to retain XP Dual Boot,

Especially if he needs to run Startup Repair from DVD/Repair CD anyway, since that is essentially the manual method after marking Win7 active.

1) No, I delete partitions after reboot.

2) SIW2 tool will copy all boot files need over to the Win 7 HD/partition, NO need for any manual method.

Nice tool.

Hi greg

Hope this screenshot will help.

theog said:

2) SIW2 tool will copy all boot files need over to the Win 7 HD/partition, NO need for any manual method.

Nice tool.

I think Si said it will only work in certain configs. But it just worked for triple boot so it looks good to go.

Maybe we can get him to wrap it in a tutorial so Dual Boot removal becomes cake.

Of course, there is then deleting partitions with space recovery into Win7 or elsewhere, so Partition Wizard is still needed as is our help with that.