I have a dual boot system with Windows7/Vista. Both Operating systems are installed on different HDDs. Vista was 1st then I installed Win7. Now I want to format the Vista drive and install a different OS there. The problem is when Win7 was installed it put the boot loader on the Vista HD for some reason. So now I cant format or remove The Vista drive or the system wont load Win 7. I tried disconnecting the Vista drive changing the boot order in bios to the Win 7 drive but it wouldn't boot into W7 at all.
I read you could disconnect the non W7 drive and run Repair from the Windows 7 installation disk. I tried that but the installation disk wouldn't even recognize my Win7 installation.
So is there a way to manually or otherwise move the Bootloader from one HD to another?
Also the Vista drive is IDE and the W7 drive is SATA, if that makes a difference.
I read you could disconnect the non W7 drive and run Repair from the Windows 7 installation disk. I tried that but the installation disk wouldn't even recognize my Win7 installation.
So is there a way to manually or otherwise move the Bootloader from one HD to another?
Also the Vista drive is IDE and the W7 drive is SATA, if that makes a difference.
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