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    Asus G50v A1 noob question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by johnyang, Oct 29, 2009.

  1. johnyang

    johnyang Newbie

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    Hey sorry for the noobish question, but I just recently installed windows 7 on my asus g50v a1 and it went succesfully, but when i first start up the computer it gives me a option to go to windows 7 or vista partition. How do i delete the vista partition?

    thanks in advance.
     
    johnyang, Oct 29, 2009
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  2. thalanix

    thalanix Notebook Deity

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    Bcdedit, easybcd. Google
     
    thalanix, Oct 29, 2009
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  3. johnyang

    johnyang Newbie

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    what is bcedit and easybcd?
     
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The BCD contains the boot entries for the Windows bootloader. BCDEDIT is the command line interface to change the BCD. EasyBCD is a GUI that does the same thing.

    Did you install Windows 7 on a separate partition from Vista? If so, then you need to first format the Vista partition before editing the BCD. After that you can delete the Vista partition and extend the 7 partition.
     
    Lithus, Oct 29, 2009
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    Editted: I removed the explanation as Lithus was fater than me in typing. :)

     
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    johnyang Newbie

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    I am still confused on how to do this, can someone please give me a step by step process.
     
    johnyang, Oct 30, 2009
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  7. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    1. Don't install an operating system if you don't know what you're doing.
    2. Start -> Disk Management, delete Vista partition if it exists, expand 7 partition if necessary.
    3. Download EasyBCD.
    4. EasyBCD -> Add/Remove Entries -> Delete Vista boot entry.
     
    Lithus, Oct 30, 2009
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  8. Solid71

    Solid71 Notebook Consultant

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    Umm how else are you suppose to get experiance? Coming here and asking for help should not be bad I thought. :confused:
     
    Solid71, Oct 30, 2009
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  9. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Experience is asking, then doing. Not doing, then "oh crap".

    Edit: I'm not going to argue this. Don't install an operating system if you don't know what you're doing. It's just a bad idea.
     
    Lithus, Oct 30, 2009
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  10. Solid71

    Solid71 Notebook Consultant

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    HUh? Wether you ask then do or do then ask it is still experience.
     
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    more to follow :p
     
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  12. Solid71

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    DID you boot from cd and install?
     
    Solid71, Oct 30, 2009
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