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Any image, link, or discussion related to child pornography, child nudity, or other child abuse or exploitation. Windows wont easily allow you to Format that Partition because they are constantly "in use". Was this reply helpful? I want to remove the Windows 7 install and use the old drive for data. Now I want to remove Windows 7. Windows 8 is active and default but I can't delete Windows 7. I also removed the Windows 7 startup entry in msconfig but Windows 8 is still looking for Windows 7.
Started Windows 8 installation DVD, run "bootsect. I am not sure how you got yourself into trouble. As JustinCoon said in his original post, it is pretty straight forward. Installed Windows 8 to run from second disk multiboot.
Had no problems booting into either. When I didn't need Win 7 anymore, went into bcdedit and deleted the config for Win 7. Machine now booted directly into Win 8 no other boot option. I'll list out the requirements for getting Windows to boot. You might find that it will take you less time to unplug your Windows 7 disk and reinstall Windows 8 than try to troubleshoot.
You'll have to use Google to figure out exactly what your configuration is and possibly how to do some of these things. Maybe something like gparted can change the partition scheme without destroying the data. On the other hand if the disk is MBR partitioned as is common then it "should" be straightforward. If you look in the lower section of Disk Management you might see that there's another probably unnamed partition before your C drive.
Try this:. Seeing the trouble that some people have with multiple disks, you might want to unplug your Windows 7 disk while you're installing Windows 8 and then add it back later. That will ensure your Windows 8 disk can boot on its own. Once you're in Windows 8 you can type "bcdboot z:" where z: is the drive letter of your Windows 7 disk; that will add a Windows 7 option to your Windows 8 bootloader.
Just noticed when I unplug a disk which is not related to Windows e. MyDocuments , Bios is still pointing to the right boot disk, I get also an read error and Windows does not start.
That means if I have to change my disks at some stage, Windows won't boot anymore There should really be an option during installation of Windows 8 to configure it as stand alone or dual boot. I never expected to run into trouble.
Will procedure still work? Second question is that my WIN 8 is the downloaded upgrade version that needs to see previos os. If I remove the previous WIN 7 could that cause problems down the road? Plug in the old HDD. Otherwise will boot directly windows 7.
If not.. Install EasyBCD here. Use it to remove windows 7 from boot, leaving only windows 8. Hit run, type: diskmgmt. Set windows 8 partition to "Active". You will notice that at first reboot your drive letters will change.
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