How To Get Rid Of Vista Boot Manager In Windows 7?
Alright. I installed the windows 7 beta on a partition on my harddrive and was dualbooting it with my previous vista install. I eventually decided to get rid of vista completely. I reformated the vista drive and restarted my computer. The vista boot manager still comes up asking me whether I want to boot to vista or windows 7. How do i get rid of it?
Thanks
When installing windows 7, it practically is REQUIRED for you to perform a clean install, if you want your system to work correctly.
Once you have booted into Windows 7, go to Start >> and search “MSCONFIG”. when you see the msconfig icon pull up, click on it. This will open the System Configuration Utility.
In msconfig, go to the BOOT tab. here will show you all of the operating system choices registered in the boot.ini file. You should see vista, and 7.
Click on the vista choice once. then click the DELETE button. Then click OK. A message will pop up saying to restart. Check the box that says “Dont show this message again”. Then click Restart Now.
This should clear it out of the system for good. If it doesn’t then you may have other issues possibly caused by an improper installation.
One good thing to note here (especially with Beta operating systems) is to make sure that you perform a CLEAN install with a blank hard drive and a bootable DVD. This will always give the best possible results for the operating system that is being installed – whether it be a beta OR a public release.
Good Luck. Hope this helps. Email me for more assistance.
I would fresh install Windows 7.