Hi, John.
Deleting WinXP from a Win7 dual-boot setup consist of 2 1/2 steps:
1. Delete the unwanted OS's Boot Folder.
2. Edit the BCD to remove the unwanted option.
2.5: Clean up by deleting unneeded files.
You apparently have already done Step 1. By booting into Win7 on C: and
deleting E:\Windows, you've deleted the entire WinXP operating system.
Step 2 is harder, but only because it is unfamiliar to most of us - and
because BCDEdit.exe, the built-in tool, has a DOS-like interface that is not
user-friendly. If you are comfy in the Command Prompt window, open it in
Administrator mode. Then, at the Command Prompt, you can type:
bcdedit /delete {ntldr} /f
As usual in the Command Prompt window, type bcdedit /? to see a list of
available switches and parameters.
If you are not comfy with this command, then download and run the free
EasyBCD 2.1 from NeoSmart Technologies:
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Finally, you can delete WinXP's startup files (NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM and
Boot.ini), all in the System Partition, probably your Drive C:. These 3
files total less than 250 KB, so you might want to keep them for reference
or "just in case"; that's why I called this only a half-step. You will
probably want to delete your Program Files and other WinXP-only files from
your Drive E:, too, after making sure that they are not needed anymore. (If
you are really sure, you could just reformat or delete your Drive E: in Step
1.)
RC
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"JohnW-Mpls" wrote in message
I installed W7 on C: and set up dual booting to my old XP in E:. I no
longer need the dual boot and want to get rid of that old "which OS" boot
question screen when booting. In XP, I could do this from Control
Panel/System/Advanced or just edit boot.ini the C: root. That does not work
in W7.
How do I get rid of the dualboot question screen every time I boot W7?
