Help!!! Vista annoyance...go away let W7 be Boot...

**K007** · 02-01-10, 05:03 AM

Ok i needed the space and i noticed the Vista partition still has the Vista OS from my first install, it takes about 10GB..and i want that space.

My System first had Vista installed. Then later W7 Ultimate (separate drive). I was hoping that If W7 is good...then i can just go format my vista drive...but i can't.

As you can see, i need to move the System so that its under my W7 HDD.

I don't want to do a fresh install right now, i got everything setup sweet, no issues, system is perfect.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to move the MBR to the correct drive? I really want to /format that drive it has a lot of useless junk and a TON of files in there from Vista...

http://www.w7forums.com/move-vista-b...ion-t2766.html

I did read this...but i am not sure if this is the way to go...

What if i reinstall w7 onto the same drive? Will it...do it properly then? ...u know kinda like overwrite...maybe..and i just run w7 update get the new stuff...?

**K007** · 02-01-10, 05:35 AM

**** i cant get into vista cause i deleted some **** on the windows folder lol..

guess ill have to reinstall w7...i hope i can just install to the same disc and it will re-write the mbr..

**Rakeesh** · 02-01-10, 11:40 AM

I actually had to do something very similar to this, but I don't remember what all I did as it was several months ago. You basically have to do a few tricks involving moving the BCD files around. I made a thread about it a while ago if you want to search for it but I'm not sure if I posted the complete solution there, just my musings as I was working towards a solution.

02-01-10, 05:03 AM	#1
K007 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 9,405	Help!!! Vista annoyance...go away let W7 be Boot... Ok i needed the space and i noticed the Vista partition still has the Vista OS from my first install, it takes about 10GB..and i want that space. My System first had Vista installed. Then later W7 Ultimate (separate drive). I was hoping that If W7 is good...then i can just go format my vista drive...but i can't. As you can see, i need to move the System so that its under my W7 HDD. I don't want to do a fresh install right now, i got everything setup sweet, no issues, system is perfect. Does anyone have any ideas on how to move the MBR to the correct drive? I really want to /format that drive it has a lot of useless junk and a TON of files in there from Vista... http://www.w7forums.com/move-vista-b...ion-t2766.html I did read this...but i am not sure if this is the way to go... What if i reinstall w7 onto the same drive? Will it...do it properly then? ...u know kinda like overwrite...maybe..and i just run w7 update get the new stuff...?

02-01-10, 05:35 AM	#2
K007 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 9,405	Re: Help!!! Vista annoyance...go away let W7 be Boot... ** i cant get into vista cause i deleted some ** on the windows folder lol.. guess ill have to reinstall w7...i hope i can just install to the same disc and it will re-write the mbr..

02-01-10, 11:40 AM	#3
Rakeesh Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 6,853	Re: Help!!! Vista annoyance...go away let W7 be Boot... I actually had to do something very similar to this, but I don't remember what all I did as it was several months ago. You basically have to do a few tricks involving moving the BCD files around. I made a thread about it a while ago if you want to search for it but I'm not sure if I posted the complete solution there, just my musings as I was working towards a solution. __________________ Want to listen to audio without your computer going to sleep? Try this. Core i7 2600k 4.4Ghz 1.385v \| Corsair H60 \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 8-8-8-24 \| MSI P67A-G45 \| OCZ Vertex 3 \| Sapphire 7850 OC to Max settings