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Uninstall Win 7 upgrade?

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warup89

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I recently upgraded one of my Xp rigs to Win 7, and i did a clean install [custom install > full] but gave me an option to install Win 7 on my secondary HDD which i did, but now i just want to go back XP since i don't really need win 7 on that rig. Weird thing is that when i boot [from my XP HDD, as selected by BIOS] I get the option to choose either OS, even though the Win 7 OS is on the other HDD.

Quick question:
How could I uninstall Win 7 from my secondary HDD, without affecting my primary HDD, since [i think] some of the Boot files of Win 7 are on my Primary [XP] HDD.


-New to 2 OS'es on one machine :confused:
 
You would backup any data you need from the second hard drive, and then remove the partition with Windows 7. Then, boot from your XP disc (of the same SP level), and run a repair to make it bootable again.
 
Well my xp Cd is an old one [home edition SP1] and dont you have to type commands in Repair mode? if it does, what commands should i type?
 
You don't need commands for a full repair install, but if you want to just try fixing the boot loader, I'll link to the commands available. I use fixmbr and fixboot.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

I'd also consider getting AutoStreamer to make your XP Home disc SP3, or whatever SP you had installed.
 
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