We have introduced dual-system installation of Windows 7 before, but due to different computer systems, many readers encountered difficulties when uninstalling dual-system Windows 7: the Windows 7 partition cannot be formatted, and the dual-system startup items do not know how to deal with it.
In fact, there are techniques for uninstalling Windows 7 in dual systems. There are different techniques for uninstalling Windows 7 under the XP system and sanctioning Windows 7 under the Vista system.
Tips for uninstalling Windows 7 on dual systems: Uninstalling Windows 7 under XP
If you install a dual system of XP and Windows 7, and want to completely uninstall Windows 7, you need to deal with the boot menu of the dual system first. After removing the boot manager used by the dual system sharing, you can format the partition where Windows 7 is located normally. Here's how:
First, boot to the
Secondly, click "Start Menu/Run" in order to pop up the command line window. Enter K:bootbootsect.exe/nt52all/force in the command line window, and then hit the Enter key to run. It should be noted that K is the drive letter of the Windows 7 installation CD in this example. Readers need to insert the Windows 7 CD according to their own needs. drive letter, change K to your own drive letter.
Again, eject the Windows 7 installation CD; next, restart the computer, we can find that the Windows 7 system startup items and early version Windows options in the dual system boot menu have disappeared, and we directly enter the XP system, which indicates that the dual system boot menu has been deleted.
Finally, in the restarted XP system, you can now manually delete Windows 7 files and folders, such as program files, user and Windows folders. If there are no other important files, it is easiest to directly format the partition where Windows 7 is located. Just uninstall Windows7 cleanly under XP.
Tips for uninstalling Windows 7 on dual systems: Uninstalling Windows 7 under Vista system
If you have a dual system of Vista and Windows 7 installed, the idea of uninstalling Windows 7 is similar to the previous XP. You still need to deal with the dual system boot menu first, and then delete Windows 7.
Here's how to do it:
First, start the Vista system, run msconfig in the search bar of the start menu, open the system configuration utility, and open the startup tab. Then you will see the options for the two operating systems installed on this machine. In fact, select Windows 7 to be deleted. Then click the Delete button to delete the Windows 7 startup items.
Finally, restart the computer. The dual-system boot menu has been deleted. Next, enter the Vista system and format the hard disk partition where Windows 7 is installed to complete the deletion of Windows 7.
According to the two surefire tricks above, you can completely uninstall Windows 7 under XP or Vista. In this way, it is not a problem to install and uninstall new versions at any time. In addition, similar to the method of nirvana, it is also effective to uninstall Vista under XP.