boot manager installed windows 7 twice how to delete one?

The easiest way to remove an entry in the Windows 7 Boot Configuration is to use msconfig. 

To launch msconfig:

1.  Click Start

2.  In the Search text box, type msconfig

3.  Launch msconfig by selecting it from the search results above the search text box.

After msconfig is launched:

1.  Go to the Boot tab

2.  Select the boot entry you want to delete.

3.  Click the Delete button and then click OK.

Make sure to be logged in to the Windows 7 partition you want to keep when performing these steps so you don't delete the good installation by mistake.

I have the same problem, except I have a copy of XP instead 7 in the boot configuration. I tried putting 7 on my machine but found it would not work and removed it off the partition but I still get the message for both on the boot manager. I need to remove the 7 code, but not exactly sure where it starts and ends, so the XP will still work.

Hi Geisha79

you need to edit the boot.ini file

You need to open up the boot.ini file  C:\boot.ini

Heres how

click on start then click on run in the box type c:\boot.ini then press enter

before you proceedany further i urge you to back up the originial boot.ini  you can do this making a copy of the the boot file

A notepad file opens and you will see boot loaders Delete manually that the entyr/s you do not require dont want And and then save the file ......

a typical single boot.ini reference will look similar to this

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 the bold letter indicates the partition number.

If you want to delete the option for some other drive:

for d:\

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" 

for e:\

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" 

for f:\

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" 

You must be careful that you must not delete the option pointing to the working O/S.

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HI I have the same problem except instead of getting ride of XP I need to get 7 off my boot sector. I went in like you mentioned above and copied the info and this is what I got:

;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.

;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.

;

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

Am I correct in believing the two warning lines need to be removed to get ride of this boot manager bull?

tks

JTH

Hi Geisha79

you need to edit the boot.ini file

You need to open up the boot.ini file  C:\boot.ini

Heres how

click on start then click on run in the box type c:\boot.ini then press enter

before you proceedany further i urge you to back up the originial boot.ini  you can do this making a copy of the the boot file

A notepad file opens and you will see boot loaders Delete manually that the entyr/s you do not require dont want And and then save the file ......

a typical single boot.ini reference will look similar to this

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 the bold letter indicates the partition number.

If you want to delete the option for some other drive:

for d:\

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" 

for e:\

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" 

for f:\

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" 

You must be careful that you must not delete the option pointing to the working O/S.

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Fujitsu Siemens MS-6567V2 2.0 Board: Micro Star MS-6567V2 2.0 Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/06/02 2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache 512 Megabytes Installed Memory 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot '0' has 512 MB Slot '1' has 256 MB Slot '2' has 256 MB Slot '3' is Empty Standard VGA Graphics Adapter [Display adapter] Generic PnP Monitor (15.7"vis, June 2004) NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MIDI UART Realtek AC'97 Audio Unsupported Standard Game Port PCI CX11252-11 Soft Modem IC Plus IP100A 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Dhcp Server: none responded Microsoft 6to4 Adapter Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Courtesy of http://www.belarc.com/free\_download.html GeForce4 MX 440-SE AGP 8X Fill Rate: Triangles per Second: Memory Bandwidth: Maximum Memory: 1.1 Billion Texels/Sec. 34 Millio

HI I have the same problem except instead of getting ride of XP I need to get 7 off my boot sector. I went in like you mentioned above and copied the info and this is what I got:

;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.

;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.

;

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

Am I correct in believing the two warning lines need to be removed to get ride of this boot manager bull?

tks

JTH

Hi this is what is on my boot ini:

[boot loader]

timeout=0

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

but I still get the opt for windows 7 in the boot manager. Where am I going wrong?

tks

Perfect answer - thanks :)