Ok, so I had a dual boot going for a while, Vista Home Premium and the RC for Win7. Without thinkin bout it I just whiped off the Win7 partition with EASEAUS partition manager. Well now every time I turn on my laptop it still displays Win7 as an option, and I need to choose Vista. It's not really a problem, more of a nuisance. So if somebody could help then it would be splendid. And I already tried to boot disk and it wont load at all, I think its a bad disk. :(
rtz2rbbl 0 Newbie Poster
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
kaninelupus 275 Practically a Posting Shark
I guess the lesson to be learned from this is NEVER simply wipe-out the Default OS :)
goldeagle2005 33 Finkus Stinkalotus Team Colleague
Or you could launch msconfig in Vista, go to the Boot tab and set Windows Vista as the default OS and delete the entry for Windows 7.
cgeier 187 Junior Poster
**Warning**: This process, if improperly performed, could make your computer unbootable. It is recommended that you back up your files before proceeding.
1. Create a restore point
Control Panel -> Backup and Restore Center -> Create a restore point or change settings (on left side)
2. Open cmd window (right click and select "run as administrator")
3. type: "set USERPROFILE" (note this location)
4. Backup the system store to location above: bcedit /export %UserProfile%\bcdbackup
5. type: bcdedit /enum ACTIVE /v
6. type: bcdedit /default {<Vista identifier>}
ex: bcdedit /default {cbd971bf-b7b8-4885-951a-fa03044f5d71}
7. Look for and note the "identifier" for Windows 7
8. type: bcdedit /delete {<Windows 7 identifier>}
ex: bootcfg /delete {pka287sw-k8k1-5119-247c-wc89383w5a87}
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Alternative method:
1. Create a restore point
Control Panel -> Backup and Restore Center -> Create a restore point or change settings (on left side)
2. Open cmd window (right click and select "run as administrator")
3. type: "set USERPROFILE" (note this location)
4. Backup the system store to location above: bcedit /export %UserProfile%\bcdbackup
5. type bcdedit
6. Look for and note the "identifier" for Vista
7. bcdedit /default {<Vista identifier>}
ex: bcdedit /default {current}
8. Look for and note the "identifier" for Windows 7
9. bcdedit /delete {<identifier>} /f
ex: bcdedit /delete {current} /f
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