Solved Remove XP from dual boot with Windows 7

[theog]

I stay away from 3rd party partitions, as OP most of the time mess up.

 

[CyS]

Wow! So many replies! Thank you, all!

Nevertheless I have to admit I'm lost a bit. Can someone summarize what you guys suggest me to do? Is there any concensus here?

Thanks again!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again.

There's no consequence to this and it's very safe and easy to do; click this link (post #16) to view the best way to do this and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

 

[CyS]

Alright, let me just make sure I got this right: in post #16 you suggest:
"Option Four of this tutorial at the link below to safely convert C: to a Primary partition so the "System" boot files can be stored on the Windows 7 C: partition".
Assume it's done then I guess there are more steps to do before I can eliminate the dual boot and boot directly to Windows 7, right? If yes, can outline the further steps so I can see the total flow of steps that i need to do?
Cheers!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

OK, after the Windows 7 partition is a Primary partition and Windows 7 is booting good as a Primary partition; you will need to mark the Windows 7 Primary partition as the Active partition and do the 3 separate startup repairs so the "System" boot files can be (re)created to the Windows 7 partition so the XP partition can then be removed.

Have a thorough look at the information presented in this tutorial at the link below.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times


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[CyS]

OK, so here is what I'll do:
0./1. Reboot with the freshly created Repair Disk to verify that it works
0./2. Shut down the PC
1. Unplug the two other hard disks.
2. Reboot using the Partition Wizard Bootable CD and convert C: to a Primary partition
3. Reboot to Windows 7 again to see if it works. (Crossing fingers in the meantime... )
[3./a Post you a progress update to this forum ]
4. Run diskmgmt.msc to mark C: as Active partition
5. Reboot again, this time with the Repair Disc and do the Startup Repair (at least 3 times)

Do I miss anything?
Once all this is done, can I delete the old Windows XP partition and add it to the C: ??

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Very good, after you disconnect the other HDDs (power down first) be sure to set the Windows 7 HDD as second boot device after the CD/DVD drive in the PC BIOS.



You could view this one for use after the Windows 7 is a Primary.

Partition : Recover Space Used by an Older OS

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[theog]

Hi BFK

You can copy & paste boot files from the Win XP, & mark Windows 7 partition active.
No, need to do Startup Repair once.

Ray.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yes Ray but as you are always telling me, let's keep it as simple as possible for the OPs.


There's BCDBoot also but let's not go there either.

 

[theog]

Yes Ray but as you are always telling me, let's keep it as simple as possible for the OPs.


There's BCDBoot also but let's not go there either.

You done the easy simple one in the other thread when I was sleep.

Ray.

 

[CyS]

OK, here I am again.

The Repair Disc restarted only twice (is that enough??) and this is how my Disk Mgmt looks like now.

I guess I can move to reclaiming the partition from XP and merge it to the W7, right?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Very good, after you disconnect the other HDDs (power down first) be sure to set the Windows 7 HDD as second boot device after the CD/DVD drive in the PC BIOS.



You could view this one for use after the Windows 7 is a Primary.

Partition : Recover Space Used by an Older OS

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Have you seen this?


Very well done mate!

Later, when you connect the other HDDs back use Option Two #2 of this one to mark them Inactive so that doesn't cause other issues.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

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[theog]

Keep going, half done.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Later, when you connect the other HDDs back use Option Two #2 of this one to mark them Inactive so that doesn't cause other issues.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

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I should clarify, if there are other bootable OSs on either of those HDDs they will need to be left Active so they will still be bootable.

 

[CyS]

Hey! All steps are done as planned. I have the XP partition eliminated, unallocated space added to Windows 7 -well, mostly. Here is the screenshot of my current situation. Should I worry about those two small unallocated pieces? How can I add those to the Windows 7 partition?

 

[theog]

No, do Not worry about those two small bits.

Well done.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

If you're OCD like me ...


Use Windows disk management to extend C: to the right into that space.

Use Partition Wizard to Move/Resize C: to the left into that space.

 

[CyS]

Hi guys!
It all looks good. Here is the final picture after making all those additional data partitions inactive.

I'm also kind of a perfectionist (if that's a new info to you after these notes ) so I might look into what can I do. The thing is that I tried to use the bootable Partition Wizard to reclaim those small pieces without success.

In any case, I want to express my gratitude to you both and the whole community around here. Fantastic, very timely help. I hope Microsoft contributes in one way or another to your income, you surely deserve it! Respect!

THANK YOU!

 

[theog]

We do this for fun.

You can now.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

You have done an excellent job and it has been a pleasure to assist you. We are volunteers!



PW is kind 'a screwy when it comes to managing very small bits, the slider will 'see-saw' back and forth, do the one to the right with disk management first and then reboot a couple times and then boot the PW CD to see if you are able to recover the space to the left.