[Phrixos]

I tried the Windows 7 upgrade, but going from XP to 7 was impossible unless I totaly got rid of XP. When trying to load 7, it asked what partition I would like it to got to. I chose my C:, then it started as usual. I had a power surge in the battery backup and my Desktop shut down. Now when I reboot, it asked which version I want: Windows 7 or An earlier version of windows. I since have gotten a whole new desktop and am wanting to set something up for my son. So I want to take off the Windows 7 and just leave XP...question... How do I get either A: Windows 7 completely off of my PC? or B: Takes the option for Windows 7 off of my boot menu?
I have a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ a Seagate 500GB HDD partitioned 3 times

[compnovo]

Phrixos, on 10 November 2009 - 06:42 AM, said:

I tried the Windows 7 upgrade, but going from XP to 7 was impossible unless I totaly got rid of XP. When trying to load 7, it asked what partition I would like it to got to. I chose my C:, then it started as usual. I had a power surge in the battery backup and my Desktop shut down. Now when I reboot, it asked which version I want: Windows 7 or An earlier version of windows. I since have gotten a whole new desktop and am wanting to set something up for my son. So I want to take off the Windows 7 and just leave XP...question... How do I get either A: Windows 7 completely off of my PC? or B: Takes the option for Windows 7 off of my boot menu?
I have a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ a Seagate 500GB HDD partitioned 3 times

Hi Phrixos,
To get Win7 completely off your computer all you need to do is reformat the partition it is installed on. To get rid of the Win7 boot option the simplest way is to right-click My Computer and select properties. Click the Advanced Tab and select Startup and Recovery and enter 0 (zero) in the "Time to display list of operating systems" field. When your computer boots you'll see a brief flash of the boot option screen before the WinXP splash screen launches, a minor inconvenience.
There's an even simpler way to remove dual boot options from Vista and Win7 but I'm not sure it works in XP (I'm not at an XP computer, so this is from memory with a touch of guessing - your results may vary): Start/Run/msconfig/Startup (or Boot) tab, delete the Win7 boot option then restart.
Hope this helps,
Bryan

[Phrixos]

Thanks Brian but I have tried the "Start/Run/msconfig/Startup (or Boot) tab, delete the Win7 boot option then restart" option and it does not have win7 as an option to remove and my timeout IS set at zero and it still comes up with the two boot menu options. I have tried all the tricks using the system config window with no luck.
As for re-formatting the partition, this is not an option as both operating systems are on the partition..... any other ideas?

compnovo, on 10 November 2009 - 10:35 AM, said:

Phrixos, on 10 November 2009 - 06:42 AM, said:

I tried the Windows 7 upgrade, but going from XP to 7 was impossible unless I totaly got rid of XP. When trying to load 7, it asked what partition I would like it to got to. I chose my C:, then it started as usual. I had a power surge in the battery backup and my Desktop shut down. Now when I reboot, it asked which version I want: Windows 7 or An earlier version of windows. I since have gotten a whole new desktop and am wanting to set something up for my son. So I want to take off the Windows 7 and just leave XP...question... How do I get either A: Windows 7 completely off of my PC? or B: Takes the option for Windows 7 off of my boot menu?
I have a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ a Seagate 500GB HDD partitioned 3 times

Hi Phrixos,
To get Win7 completely off your computer all you need to do is reformat the partition it is installed on. To get rid of the Win7 boot option the simplest way is to right-click My Computer and select properties. Click the Advanced Tab and select Startup and Recovery and enter 0 (zero) in the "Time to display list of operating systems" field. When your computer boots you'll see a brief flash of the boot option screen before the WinXP splash screen launches, a minor inconvenience.
There's an even simpler way to remove dual boot options from Vista and Win7 but I'm not sure it works in XP (I'm not at an XP computer, so this is from memory with a touch of guessing - your results may vary): Start/Run/msconfig/Startup (or Boot) tab, delete the Win7 boot option then restart.
Hope this helps,
Bryan

[compnovo]

Phrixos, on 10 November 2009 - 02:49 PM, said:

Thanks Brian but I have tried the "Start/Run/msconfig/Startup (or Boot) tab, delete the Win7 boot option then restart" option and it does not have win7 as an option to remove and my timeout IS set at zero and it still comes up with the two boot menu options. I have tried all the tricks using the system config window with no luck.
As for re-formatting the partition, this is not an option as both operating systems are on the partition..... any other ideas?

compnovo, on 10 November 2009 - 10:35 AM, said:

Phrixos, on 10 November 2009 - 06:42 AM, said:

I tried the Windows 7 upgrade, but going from XP to 7 was impossible unless I totaly got rid of XP. When trying to load 7, it asked what partition I would like it to got to. I chose my C:, then it started as usual. I had a power surge in the battery backup and my Desktop shut down. Now when I reboot, it asked which version I want: Windows 7 or An earlier version of windows. I since have gotten a whole new desktop and am wanting to set something up for my son. So I want to take off the Windows 7 and just leave XP...question... How do I get either A: Windows 7 completely off of my PC? or B: Takes the option for Windows 7 off of my boot menu?
I have a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ a Seagate 500GB HDD partitioned 3 times

Hi Phrixos,
To get Win7 completely off your computer all you need to do is reformat the partition it is installed on. To get rid of the Win7 boot option the simplest way is to right-click My Computer and select properties. Click the Advanced Tab and select Startup and Recovery and enter 0 (zero) in the "Time to display list of operating systems" field. When your computer boots you'll see a brief flash of the boot option screen before the WinXP splash screen launches, a minor inconvenience.
There's an even simpler way to remove dual boot options from Vista and Win7 but I'm not sure it works in XP (I'm not at an XP computer, so this is from memory with a touch of guessing - your results may vary): Start/Run/msconfig/Startup (or Boot) tab, delete the Win7 boot option then restart.
Hope this helps,
Bryan

I wondered if I was reading you correctly the first time...
I have no idea how someone can put two OSs on the same partition so I'm at a loss as to how to solve your dilemma. Hopefully someone will come up with a suggestion because the only thing I would know to do is wipe the drive and start over with my OS of choice.