Dual boot screen

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Michel, Nov 28, 2009.

  1. Michel

    Michel MDL Expert

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    I have a little question, how do i get rid of the dual boot screen at startup ? I formatted my pc 4 weeks ago to install Windows 7 RTM build on the first hard drive and Windows 7 build 7264 on the second hard drive. Now i formatted my second hard drive to get rid of build 7264 but i still get the dual boot screen at startup (to chose wich version i want to use).

    Is there anyway to get rid of that screen ?
     
  2. SCBrigth

    SCBrigth MDL Senior Member

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    You may use msconfig to delete the "extra" OS option in the boot menu, once you have only one OS the boot menu will not appear anymore.

    I used this to get rid of Vista and worked.:)
     
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  3. Michel

    Michel MDL Expert

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    Ah thanks for that. I always use msconfig to disable startup programs, never put much attention to those other tabs.
     
  4. asabater

    asabater MDL Member

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    #4 asabater, Nov 28, 2009
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    use bcdedit from elevated cmd

    For detailed command and option information at the command prompt, type bcdedit.exe /? command

    saludos
     
  5. Michel

    Michel MDL Expert

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    Thanks but the method from SCBrigth worked great.
     
  6. genuine555

    genuine555 MDL Expert

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    Or EasyBCD 2.0

    I think, when dualbooting win7, everyone should have this app.
    Easy as it can get.
     
  7. dareckibmw

    dareckibmw MDL Expert

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    There is another way to get rid of that "dual boot" screen:

    1. Boot your computer in to Windows XP.
    2. Ensure you have the Windows 7 DVD image emulated or in the DVD drive.
    3. Go to “Start” and “Run”. Type in “e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force” (without quotes, and replacing e: with the drive letter of your Windows 7 DVD).
    4. Restart the computer, and you will notice the boot selection menu is gone.
    5. Format the partition/drive where you had Windows 7 installed.
    6. Remove two files (Boot.BAK & Bootsect.BAK) on your XP drive’s root folder (C, these were backup files of your previous bootloader, now no longer useful.
    7. Optional: Restart to ensure it still works.
    8. Use your partition software to merge your partitions together.

    Tested several times, works like a charm ;)
     
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  8. dlonra

    dlonra MDL Novice

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    I'm not sure, but you can try this (if nothing else works). It's the same after removing Linux (removing grub loader).

    Start you're Windows dvd, click restore, click command and write:
    "Bootrec.exe/FixBoot" and "Bootrec.exe/FixMbr"

    After that you wil not have to choose again.