Remove the Dual Boot Win 7 Options - after clean install SSD

Hi people,

I was wondering if you could help us?

I bought a PC that came with an SSD (256 GB) and a (2 TB) HARD drive, but for some reason, the operating system was installed on the HARD drive!

I finally sort myself and performed a clean installation of windows on the SSD drive and after some messing about with the pilots, he is now in place and works very well.

However when turn on, I get two options of starting two Windows 7, one on the SSD and one original on the HARD drive (I can start if I wanted to right now).

  • How can I get rid of the old drive HARD install & boot options?
  • Is it too easy to delete the partitions in the Disk Manager & potentially adjust the MSConfig options?
  • This will also remove the files and erase the drive down or do I reformat or clean this player in some way as well?

A couple of things that I was concerned compared...

  • Initially, I had some of my games Steam installed on the SSD, will it manually delete these or the windows install crushed the?
  • After the installation of Windows, a number of drivers were missing (including the network card). I used the Auto search function to find and use those of the old installation of OS. Delete/remove the old BONES will affect these?

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.

Thank you

Steve

  • How can I get rid of the old drive HARD install & boot options?
  • Is it too easy to delete the partitions in the Disk Manager & potentially adjust the MSConfig options?
  • This will also remove the files and erase the drive down or do I reformat or clean this player in some way as well?

Yes, you can use msconfig to remove the HARD drive boot entry. Once this is done, you must manually remove the windows and program files (also Program Files (x 86), if you are using Windows x 64) files of the directory of the HARD drive.

  • Initially, I had some of my games Steam installed on the SSD, will it manually delete these or the windows install crushed the?
If you have performed a clean Windows installation, with formatting, the files would have been deleted. If this isn't the case, you must manually remove the files.
  • After the installation of Windows, a number of drivers were missing (including the network card). I used the Auto search function to find and use those of the old installation of OS. Delete/remove the old BONES will affect these?
No, it won't have an impact. Each installation of Windows is separated and none of them can affect the performance of others.

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