I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista pre-installed, on a single boot
system. I then shrank its partition, created a new partition and installed
Windows 7 RC on the new partition. When I boot the laptop I get the
bootloader menu, from which I can boot either Vista or Win7 RC.

I assume that it is *Win7 RC's* bootloader menu (and not Vista's) that
appears, because it was Win7 that was installed second?

I want to eventually install Win7 RTM in place of Win7 RC. I am intending to
first remove Win7 RC by deleting the files on its partition, having booted
Vista (partitions are inter-viewable from either OS). Is this the best way
to do it?

What will happen to Win7 RC's bootloader? I assume that will be deleted?
If so, until I install Win7 RTM, will it now boot automatically to Vista, or
do I have to do something first to Vista's Master Boot Record?

I want to install Win7 RTM on the free partition vacated by Win7 RC. I
assume that Win7 RTM will install its own bootloader, so that I can dual
boot between Vista and Win7 RTM?

Is this the best way to proceed, or do I have to edit the bootloader menu
(with something like Easy BCD[1]?) before removing Win7 RC?

[1] On which partition/OS do I need to install any third-party bootloader
menu editor - presumably the one that has the bootloader menu (Win7 in my
case), or doesn't matter?

The best venue for Windows 7 questions is the new Windows 7 Forums:
[url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro[/url]



IanKR wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista pre-installed, on a single
> boot system. I then shrank its partition, created a new partition and
> installed Windows 7 RC on the new partition. When I boot the laptop I
> get the bootloader menu, from which I can boot either Vista or Win7 RC.
>
> I assume that it is *Win7 RC's* bootloader menu (and not Vista's) that
> appears, because it was Win7 that was installed second?
>
> I want to eventually install Win7 RTM in place of Win7 RC. I am
> intending to first remove Win7 RC by deleting the files on its
> partition, having booted Vista (partitions are inter-viewable from
> either OS). Is this the best way to do it?
>
> What will happen to Win7 RC's bootloader? I assume that will be deleted?
> If so, until I install Win7 RTM, will it now boot automatically to
> Vista, or do I have to do something first to Vista's Master Boot Record?
>
> I want to install Win7 RTM on the free partition vacated by Win7 RC. I
> assume that Win7 RTM will install its own bootloader, so that I can dual
> boot between Vista and Win7 RTM?
>
> Is this the best way to proceed, or do I have to edit the bootloader
> menu (with something like Easy BCD[1]?) before removing Win7 RC?
>
> [1] On which partition/OS do I need to install any third-party
> bootloader menu editor - presumably the one that has the bootloader menu
> (Win7 in my case), or doesn't matter?[/color]

>> I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista pre-installed, on a single[color=blue][color=green]
>> boot system. I then shrank its partition, created a new partition and
>> installed Windows 7 RC on the new partition. When I boot the laptop I get
>> the bootloader menu, from which I can boot either Vista or Win7 RC.
>>
>> I assume that it is *Win7 RC's* bootloader menu (and not Vista's) that
>> appears, because it was Win7 that was installed second?
>>
>> I want to eventually install Win7 RTM in place of Win7 RC. I am intending
>> to first remove Win7 RC by deleting the files on its partition, having
>> booted Vista (partitions are inter-viewable from either OS). Is this the
>> best way to do it?
>>
>> What will happen to Win7 RC's bootloader? I assume that will be deleted?
>> If so, until I install Win7 RTM, will it now boot automatically to Vista,
>> or do I have to do something first to Vista's Master Boot Record?
>>
>> I want to install Win7 RTM on the free partition vacated by Win7 RC. I
>> assume that Win7 RTM will install its own bootloader, so that I can dual
>> boot between Vista and Win7 RTM?
>>
>> Is this the best way to proceed, or do I have to edit the bootloader menu
>> (with something like Easy BCD[1]?) before removing Win7 RC?
>>
>> [1] On which partition/OS do I need to install any third-party bootloader
>> menu editor - presumably the one that has the bootloader menu (Win7 in my
>> case), or doesn't matter?[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> The best venue for Windows 7 questions is the new Windows 7 Forums:
> [url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro[/url][/color]

Thanks, but this also affects Vista.

IanKR wrote:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista pre-installed, on a
>>> single boot system. I then shrank its partition, created a new
>>> partition and installed Windows 7 RC on the new partition. When I
>>> boot the laptop I get the bootloader menu, from which I can boot
>>> either Vista or Win7 RC.
>>>
>>> I assume that it is *Win7 RC's* bootloader menu (and not Vista's)
>>> that appears, because it was Win7 that was installed second?
>>>
>>> I want to eventually install Win7 RTM in place of Win7 RC. I am
>>> intending to first remove Win7 RC by deleting the files on its
>>> partition, having booted Vista (partitions are inter-viewable from
>>> either OS). Is this the best way to do it?
>>>
>>> What will happen to Win7 RC's bootloader? I assume that will be deleted?
>>> If so, until I install Win7 RTM, will it now boot automatically to
>>> Vista, or do I have to do something first to Vista's Master Boot Record?
>>>
>>> I want to install Win7 RTM on the free partition vacated by Win7 RC.
>>> I assume that Win7 RTM will install its own bootloader, so that I can
>>> dual boot between Vista and Win7 RTM?
>>>
>>> Is this the best way to proceed, or do I have to edit the bootloader
>>> menu (with something like Easy BCD[1]?) before removing Win7 RC?
>>>
>>> [1] On which partition/OS do I need to install any third-party
>>> bootloader menu editor - presumably the one that has the bootloader
>>> menu (Win7 in my case), or doesn't matter?[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
>> The best venue for Windows 7 questions is the new Windows 7 Forums:
>> [url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro[/url][/color]
>
> Thanks, but this also affects Vista.[/color]

You should install Easybcd on both partitions (Vista/7 RC) so when you
delete 7 RC you can still boot into Vista. When you install 7 RTM you
won't have any problems at all.

"Frank" <fb@ber.csa> wrote in message news:4a7c747b$1@news.x-privat.org...
[color=blue]
> You should install Easybcd on both partitions (Vista/7 RC) so when you
> delete 7 RC you can still boot into Vista. When you install 7 RTM you
> won't have any problems at all.[/color]

Many thanks, Frank. That tells me all I need to know.