Solved Windows Xp and Windows 7 Dual Boot remove XP

[juman]

Ok i have windows 7 and windows xp in a dual boot and i used xp sometimes but now i rarely use xp and i am thinking of erasing xp.But as xp is installed on the drive where the windows 7 boot files are located i cant format it. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html
i found that article but i couldn't find mark as active for the windows 7 drive. So is there a way to get rid of windows xp? and yeah i am Planning to install ubuntu on the drive where xp is now installed.

 

[theog]

Two drives or two partitions?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html?ltr=S
Note: You may need to do startup repair 3 to 4 times.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html?ltr=P

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/116098-dual-boot-windows-7-ubuntu.html?ltr=D

 

[juman]

Two drives or two partitions?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html?ltr=S
Note: You may need to do startup repair 3 to 4 times.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html?ltr=P

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/116098-dual-boot-windows-7-ubuntu.html?ltr=D

Two Partitions. and the thing is that my comp doen't have a DVD drive while my windows 7 installation is a DVD.i Had to boot in to Xp and then run the setup files which was copied to my Pen drive.(for some reason the i am not even able to boot from the USB)so i cant go go into the recovery mode

 

[theog]

You need the Windows 7 DVD files on Pen Drive, or the Startup disk files.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html?ltr=U
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

 

[juman]

can i format the xp partition with the xp setup cd? will windows 7 boot?

 

[theog]

You said, you had NO CD/DVD drive.

 

[juman]

You said, you had NO CD/DVD drive.

i said i didn't have a DVD drive not CD/DVD drive. my drive can read cd not DVD

 

[gregrocker]

Make a Win7 System Repair Disc - Create

Boot it to mark Win7 Active using theog's link posted earlier, then run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots to write the System Boot Files to Win7. You can then delete XP in Win7 Disk Mgmt.

If you want to recover the XP HD space into Win7 then use free Partition Wizard bootable CD to delete XP, rightclick>Resize Win7, slide left grey border to the left to take up the delete space, OK, Apply.

If you have any further problems, please post back a screenshot of your full Disk Mgmt drive map, using Snipping Tool in Start Menu.

 

[juman]

Thanks for helping but i got it working. what i did was boot from the repair disk(created with my laptop) and format the xp partition with diskpart. then i ran the startup repair two times and i am good as new.