How to delete dual boot?

kira1451

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I bought a new laptop that came with windows 8, i tried to install windows 7 with it but the set up didnt work. When i boot up, i have dual boot with

1: Windows set up
2: Windows 8

if i click windows set up, it says some hardware doesnt work and blah blah.

Now my question is, how do i delete windows set up from boot menu?

heres my disk management thing. i dunno which partition to delete
 

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Using Windows Search type in "Msconfig." Once the window opens to to the "Boot" tab then click on "Windows Set Up" then click Delete. Then reboot. Ensure that you choose the right one otherwise you won't be able to boot at all (thus having to start all over again). . . Good Luck

And, oh BTW, Welcome to the Eight Forums." . . .:thumbsup:
 

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Welcome to EightForums.

heres my disk management thing. i dunno which partition to delete

You have NO Windows 7 partition to delete, in your screenshot.
 

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Welcome to EightForums.

heres my disk management thing. i dunno which partition to delete

You have NO Windows 7 partition to delete, in your screenshot.
That is true, albeit what is happening is when he attempted to install win 7 it didn't take but still put a dual boot note in msconfig. Hence, all he has to do is delete the mention of it in msconfig, and his problem will be gone. . .:D
 

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    PC/Desktop
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    HP Pavilion p1423w
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    Intel Core i5 3330 Ivy Bridge
    Motherboard
    Foxconn - 2ADA Ivy Brige
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    16 GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5450
    Sound Card
    HD Realteck (Onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Mitsubishi LED TV/Montior HD, Dell 23 HD, Hanspree 25" HD
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    Mit. 1980-1080, Dell 2048-115, Hanspree 1920-10802
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    1 SanDisk 240Gig SSD, 2 Samsung 512Gig SSDs
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    Tower
    Cooling
    Original (Fans)
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    Microsoft Keyboard 2000
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    Microsoft Optical Mouse 5000
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    1.3 (350 to 1024 if lucky)
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    Firefox 19.1
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Where did you want to install Windows 7 anyhow. I see no partition in your screenshot that could be used for such an installation - unless you wanted to wipe the Windows 8 partition. That would give you some trouble with EFI.
 

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HEY Guys i messed up really bad. I youtubed some video telling me how to delete the option from the boot menu

1: window set up
2: windows 8

somehow i ended up deleting the option for windows 8, now i only have the option where i can't boot up!!


What do i do!? can i factory reset or get back into window 8?
 

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Using Windows Search type in "Msconfig." Once the window opens to to the "Boot" tab then click on "Windows Set Up" then click Delete. Then reboot. Ensure that you choose the right one otherwise you won't be able to boot at all (thus having to start all over again). . . Good Luck

And, oh BTW, Welcome to the Eight Forums." . . .:thumbsup:


crap :( i made this mistake. How do i start over?
 

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btw, when i boot. it shows the black screen like the old window 7 or xp boot menu instead of the window 8 one..
 

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information   Information

We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2855-system-repair-disc-create-windows-8-a.html




You can use the OEM manufacturer version of
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html



Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?
 

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    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
information   Information

We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2855-system-repair-disc-create-windows-8-a.html





You can use the OEM manufacturer version of
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html



Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?


no i just got the laptop this friday. 2 days ago :(
 

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    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
is there a way i can restore the boot option using command prompt?

If you can boot to a Windows 8 command prompt, you can boot to Automatic Repair.


When looking for a 3rd party Recovery software, should have full support for Windows 8, uEFI, GPT & Secure Boot.
Which is signed by Microsoft.
 

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If you don't have a copy of win 8 and cannot access the recovery drive then here is something that you can do:

Go to MS and download a copy of Windows 8 Enterprise. Burn this either to a DVD or Flash Drive. Now using Enterprise boot up and install. This will allow you to get back to Win 8. You can use Enterprise free for ninety days, thus this should give you time to contact the Manufacture via the web and get a set up Recovery Disc from them. The recovery disc will usually run you about $15.00 to $20.00. . .Good luck
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win 8, (VM win7, XP, Vista)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion p1423w
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3330 Ivy Bridge
    Motherboard
    Foxconn - 2ADA Ivy Brige
    Memory
    16 GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5450
    Sound Card
    HD Realteck (Onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Mitsubishi LED TV/Montior HD, Dell 23 HD, Hanspree 25" HD
    Screen Resolution
    Mit. 1980-1080, Dell 2048-115, Hanspree 1920-10802
    Hard Drives
    1 SanDisk 240Gig SSD, 2 Samsung 512Gig SSDs
    Case
    Tower
    Cooling
    Original (Fans)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Keyboard 2000
    Mouse
    Microsoft Optical Mouse 5000
    Internet Speed
    1.3 (350 to 1024 if lucky)
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    Firefox 19.1
    Antivirus
    MSE-Defender
When you boot the system, can you get into the bios? If you can, do you see a boot option that says Windows Boot Manager and have you tried setting that to first priority and saving that setting and rebooting?

You might try from the command prompt, a bcdboot C:\Windows which might get you booting again... hard to say. This would of course depend if the Windows 8 OS partition was C: while you were in the command prompt.

But you have a UEFI install. You probably booted the install media as MBR, which should have stopped before it even started... Windows 7 will usually refuse to boot at all in a Windows 8 Secure Boot system.
 

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