How do I remove Windows 7 from my dual boot option?

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

I have a Toshiba NB100 Netbook with 2GB ram and was dual booting between Windows XP and Windows 7.

After having a play around with W7 i've decided to stop using it and revert back to XP, as it runs a lot better on my Netbook.

So I've formatted the partition which had W7, however everytime I boot up I still get the dual boot option come up

I've looked at the boot.ini and can't see any mention of W7 and have also clicked on "check all boot paths" which tells me that nothings wrong.

Can anyone help please?

[Wild Weasel]

You'll need a USB CD/DVD drive and a retail (or OEM) Windows XP Home disk. Using that you can repair the master boot record through the recovery console. I don't think you can use the Toshiba recovery disk the computer comes with to do this.

If you don't have an XP disk you can always run the recovery disk, but make sure you back up your data first if you do. It will reset everything to factory settings, so you'd lose any unsaved data.

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

Originally Posted by Wild Weasel

You'll need a USB CD/DVD drive and a retail (or OEM) Windows XP Home disk. Using that you can repair the master boot record through the recovery console. I don't think you can use the Toshiba recovery disk the computer comes with to do this.

If you don't have an XP disk you can always run the recovery disk, but make sure you back up your data first if you do. It will reset everything to factory settings, so you'd lose any unsaved data.

Cheers mate, looks like my only option is to back up everything then do a clean restall of XP. Its just a shame as everything on my Netbook is working great apart from the dual boot option. And your right the Toshiba recovery disk will only let me do a clean install, so I would lose everything. :-(

[wyerd]

Do a Google for EasyBCD. It's a Bootloader tweaker and should be able to do what you want.

[Baggy]

Try this

How to Uninstall and Remove Windows 7 or Vista Leaving Windows XP on Dual Boot System » My Digital Life

[echrada]

Originally Posted by wyerd

Do a Google for EasyBCD. It's a Bootloader tweaker and should be able to do what you want.

This should do it! It works brilliantly!

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

Cheers guys, problem solved!

This is what I did, copied from the guide Baggy linked to:

# Boot up and log on to Windows XP desktop.
# Insert the Windows Vista or Windows 7 DVD installation disc into CD-ROM or DVD-ROM optical drive.

Alternatively, mount the Windows 7 or Windows Vista DVD ISO image on any virtual drive.
# Run Command Prompt, or click directly to Start menu -> Run command.
# In the command prompt or the Run text box, issue the following command and hit Enter:

[DVD Drive Letter]:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force

For example,

If the DVD drive path is D:, then enter the following:

D:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force

The step will remove the boot menu to select operating system to start.


Did not get round to using EasyBCD although judging by the posts it sounds like it could also of fixed my problem :-)

[Baggy]

Glad that you got it sorted.