Solved Removing Win8

Frank1

Frank1

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I have two internal drives on my desktop. I installed windows 8 on a new volume that I created on the second drive—the drive that is not my main drive. I’ve decided that I no longer want it installed. To remove it, if I simply boot into windows 7 and go into Disk Manage then just format the volume that has Windows 8, that should take care of it. Is that the correct way to do it?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
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    HP Pavilion g7-120us Notebook
    Memory
    8 GIG
Before doing that, you'll want to post a screenshot of Disk Management so we can see how the system is setup. You might have to move the boot files. You might not.

So boot to Windows 7 and run Disk Management from there.
 

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Just to add to the advice GMan has offered - assuming you've been dual booting - if you simply format the volume containing Windows 8, you'll still be left with Windows 8 entries in the boot configuration database. To remove this data you'll have to edit a file, either manually at the command line or if you're not comfortable with that, download EasyBCD which is a much easier tool to use. Let us know when you're ready.
 

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    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate/Windows 8.1/Linux
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    FX-8350
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    GA-990XA-UD3
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    16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
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Yes, it is setup for dual booting. Right now when I turn on my machine, it gives me the option of either booting into Win7 or 8. If I choose nothing, the default will boot into Win8. I would send you a screen shot of Disk Management, but I don't know how to do that. Would you let me know. And I did download EasyDCD--the free version. So if you let me know how to send you the screen shot, I'll do it. I've often wondered how to send a screen shot.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion g7-120us Notebook
    Memory
    8 GIG
Frank1 said:
Yes, it is setup for dual booting. Right now when I turn on my machine, it gives me the option of either booting into Win7 or 8. If I choose nothing, the default will boot into Win8. I would send you a screen shot of Disk Management, but I don't know how to do that. Would you let me know. And I did download EasyDCD--the free version. So if you let me know how to send you the screen shot, I'll do it. I've often wondered how to send a screen shot.
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Method 1: Press Ctrl + Print Screen. Then go to start menu. Type paint and press enter. In Paint, ctrl + v to paste. <<<Works on Windows 7 and 8

Method 2: In start menu, type snipping tool then press enter. <<< Works on Windows 7 and 8

Method 3: Windows key + Print Screen automatically makes a screenshot in your user account pictures folder. <<<Only works on Windows 8
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
I did capture a screen shot and saved it as a GIF file. disk manage.GIF I hope I'm doing this right.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion g7-120us Notebook
    Memory
    8 GIG
Cool deal. Yeah, you have a 100 MB system partition created when 7 was installed. You don't need any special advice.

You can simply format the Win 8 volume and then follow Calico's helpful post.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
Thanks to both of you. Everything is back to the way I want it!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion g7-120us Notebook
    Memory
    8 GIG
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