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Problem With Multiple OS' on Different Drives
I recently decided to try out Windows 7 (loving it by the way) and have decided I would like to stick with it. However, I have run into a problem with having XP on one drive and Windows 7 on another.
I have two drives, which for the sake of simplicity I'll call Drive1 and Drive2. I have XP installed on Drive1, and Drive 2 was just used for storage. As I said I recently decided to try out Windows 7, so I created a 10GB partition on Drive2 and installed Win7 on that. Now when I boot, a screen shows where I can choose to boot Windows 7, or "An earlier version of Windows". The second option boots my XP install.
I'm soon going to be receiving a new drive in the mail, and after falling in love with Windows 7, I'd like to get rid of Drive1, and expand the 10GB partition on Drive2 that Win7 is on to fill the entire drive. Getting rid of Drive1 is where the problem starts.
It seems that whatever files are used to display the "Windows 7 or an earlier version" screen are located on Drive1, because when I removed Drive1, my computer tried to boot from CD, and then changed to a blank screen with a flashing underscore.
So, my question is, how can I get rid of Drive1 and just have it boot Windows 7 from Drive2 at startup? If it comes down to it, I can just wipe Drive2 and reinstall Windows 7 on it without Drive1 plugged in, but I'd rather not have to do this, as I've already customized 7 a bit and installed a few apps. Any help is appreciated though. =)