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Removing windows 7 from dual boot?

  • 06-10-2011 8:56pm
    #1
    ItsAtrick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    Hey, I installed ubuntu 11.04 a while back but kept windows 7(starter) just so i could run a couple programs of it. Turns out ubuntu has everything i need, so no point in keeping windows on the machine as it slows the load-up time . Any one know how id go about doing this?


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  • #2
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    EasyBCD should do it for you.

    You need to delete the OS you don't want from the right hand window so you will need to click on the "Edit Boot Menu" button in EasyBCD first. Then you will need to tic the box for the remaining OS so as it will be the default. Finally you will need to hit the radio button in EasyBCD for the option “Skip the boot menu”

    I'm posting from memory now so I think that's the procedure, It's all menu driven so I'm sure you will figure it out. Of course, you will want to reclaim the volume windows occupied too.

    I've only ever used it with a dual boot of two versions of windows so I don't know if it will see Linux?

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  • #3
    U_Fig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭U_Fig


    gadgetman496 wrote: »
    EasyBCD should do it for you.

    You need to delete the OS you don't want from the right hand window so you will need to click on the "Edit Boot Menu" button in EasyBCD first. Then you will need to tic the box for the remaining OS so as it will be the default. Finally you will need to hit the radio button in EasyBCD for the option “Skip the boot menu”

    I'm posting from memory now so I think that's the procedure, It's all menu driven so I'm sure you will figure it out. Of course, you will want to reclaim the volume windows occupied too.

    I've only ever used it with a dual boot of two versions of windows so I don't know if it will see Linux?


    this is a weird way of doing it...as long as you installed Ubuntu on a different partition and after windows then GRUB should be the bootloader being used if this is the case then all you need to do is boot up using the Ubuntu CD and using gparted just delete the partition with windows on it and there may be a boot partition aswell delete that too.you can then either resize the Ubuntu partition or just create a new one and use it as storage..i'd recommend if you are installing a new one use the same filesystem as the Ubuntu partition tho in theory this shouldn't matter. that's it.. if you are resizing also make sure you have all data backed up..there's a very small chance of something happening but after like 30 times i've had none


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