Help with change from Multiboot to just win7

Smidginer

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Here's what I'd like to do.

I've got vista on my first disk which is a regular hdd.

I installed win7 on a new ssd a month or so ago.

I wanted to get rid of my vista installation since I am no longer using it, and then I wanted to format the vista disk and use it to save all my data on it rather than the SSD.

However, my current problem is how to get "rid" of the vista installation while still being able to boot to Win7. I've looked at bcdedit from win7 and it seems that all the boot info is on that vista drive. I unhid OS files, etc., and it does indeed look like they are on the vista disk. I sort of expected this, so I'm not surprised to find out that it is there.

So, here are my questions. What do I need to copy to the SSD, and what do I need to edit to make the SSD bootable? I'm pretty sure I need to go into disk management and set the SSD to be the active system partition, but I also suspect that there is some other stuff I need to copy to the SSD from the Vista disk, and maybe I need to edit the bcd and maybe some other registry info.

Thanks very much with any help!
 

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Rt click and RUN AS ADMIN on sisparv6.cmd

select ssd drive letter as new system partition.

select N to including existing boot menu entries.

select the Vista drive letter to make inactive.

That's it.
 
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Thanks so much. I figured there would be a quick way to do it!

Thanks again!
 

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You're welcome.
 

My Computers My Computers

  • At a glance

    7 X64i5 84002x8gb 3200mhz
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • At a glance

    7x64g54008gb ddr4 2400
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
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