CurlyWhirly Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 I have a spare 64 bit PC and I accidentally installed the 32 bit version of Windows 7 on it (although the installation didn't complete due to a read/write error) but have now successfully installed the 64 bit version.The hard drive itself has been wiped of the failed installation but I still have the defunct entry on boot up on the dual boot screen.Does anyone know a safe way of deleting the unwanted entry ?I want to get rid of it because both entries are listed as 'Windows 7' and so it's confusing and if I accidentally select the wrong entry, I get an error message !Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Basically you use the BCDedit Command Line command; see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709667%28v=ws.10%29.aspxI have never used it, so I do not have any experience with it. What do you get when you just run the plain BCDEDIT command from the Command Prompt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANEMAN Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yes. That is the correct way to do it as Pat says.Anyone not quite sure, or a bit jittery about using command line commands can more easily edit with "EasyBCD" which is still available for free as a community edition download here:http://www.softpedia...s/EasyBCD.shtmlThere are a pile of guides to "EasyBCD" on Google here:http://www.google.co...iw=1280&bih=588 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thanks guys all sorted now.I think I could also have done it using MSCONFIG > BOOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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