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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you
installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
Can I butt in here please;
I have winxp installed, but am considering installing Win7 RC on a spare drive. My thoughts were to disconnect the winxp boot drive, install win7 to a new drive, then use the mobo option to select which drive to boot from, once all drives reconnected; does that appear logical? "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
That's how I am dual booting ..Win7 on one drive XP on another.
F12 during boot process brings up small screen which lets me pick the drive to boot from. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "DL" wrote in message ... Can I butt in here please; I have winxp installed, but am considering installing Win7 RC on a spare drive. My thoughts were to disconnect the winxp boot drive, install win7 to a new drive, then use the mobo option to select which drive to boot from, once all drives reconnected; does that appear logical? "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
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"peter" wrote in message ... That's how I am dual booting ..Win7 on one drive XP on another. F12 during boot process brings up small screen which lets me pick the drive to boot from. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "DL" wrote in message ... Can I butt in here please; I have winxp installed, but am considering installing Win7 RC on a spare drive. My thoughts were to disconnect the winxp boot drive, install win7 to a new drive, then use the mobo option to select which drive to boot from, once all drives reconnected; does that appear logical? "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
Sorry for the delay in responding DL, it looks as if Peter has answered your
query, but just to confirm, yes your suggestion does appear logical and, in fact, many users do exactly that when installing on two hard drives. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DL" wrote in message ... Can I butt in here please; I have winxp installed, but am considering installing Win7 RC on a spare drive. My thoughts were to disconnect the winxp boot drive, install win7 to a new drive, then use the mobo option to select which drive to boot from, once all drives reconnected; does that appear logical? "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
Appreciated
"John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay in responding DL, it looks as if Peter has answered your query, but just to confirm, yes your suggestion does appear logical and, in fact, many users do exactly that when installing on two hard drives. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DL" wrote in message ... Can I butt in here please; I have winxp installed, but am considering installing Win7 RC on a spare drive. My thoughts were to disconnect the winxp boot drive, install win7 to a new drive, then use the mobo option to select which drive to boot from, once all drives reconnected; does that appear logical? "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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Multiboot Win7, uninstall later?
You're welcome
-- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DL" wrote in message ... Appreciated "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay in responding DL, it looks as if Peter has answered your query, but just to confirm, yes your suggestion does appear logical and, in fact, many users do exactly that when installing on two hard drives. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DL" wrote in message ... Can I butt in here please; I have winxp installed, but am considering installing Win7 RC on a spare drive. My thoughts were to disconnect the winxp boot drive, install win7 to a new drive, then use the mobo option to select which drive to boot from, once all drives reconnected; does that appear logical? "John Barnett MVP" wrote in message ... Windows 7 uses the same boot loader as Windows Vista so, assuming you installed XP first followed by Vista and then Windows 7 all you should need to do to remove Windows 7 is format your hard drive. Your boot menu will still show three options to boot into either XP, Vista or Windows 7 but you can remove the Windows 7 boot entry by opening MSConfig, clicking on the boot tab highlighting the Windows 7 entry and clicking the Delete button. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "DesoShade" wrote in message ... Ok here's the thing. I already have my computer set up to multiboot XP and Vista. I've decided to try out Windows 7. What I have planned to do, is just pop in another hard drive, formatt it, and install windows 7 onto it, leaving my system a multiboot of WinXP, Vista and 7. Now since Win7 is just a beta, I'll not want to leave it on my system when a new RC comes out, it expires, or I purchase the full version. So my question is, if I install win7 as my 3rd multiboot option, will it be possible to uninstall it at a later date without affecting my other winxp and vista partitions? I'll probably have to run a fix mbr command, right? -- DesoShade |
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