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Title: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: redbird on April 25, 2017, 02:21:20 PM
I installed win 10 and I don't like it ,I removed it and now its a pain in the arse to try to boot my win 7 back in, Microsoft has embedded itself in a partition on my hard drive and I want to completely take it out but it will not let me . Any ideas ? I want to completely wipe out the hard drive and start new with win 7.
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: patio on April 25, 2017, 02:23:39 PM
This would all depend on how the install was done...more details...
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: redbird on April 25, 2017, 02:37:26 PM
first I tried to boot from start up press any key nothing .then I went into my computer and booted from there when windows comes to the partition area  I can not format the partition with win 10 in it , it says that its write protected
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: patio on April 25, 2017, 02:52:17 PM
None of that has anything close to my question above...
Your describing symptoms...i asked how the install was done...
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: redbird on April 26, 2017, 04:36:54 PM
Having win 7 ultimate I decided to try win 10.. downloaded win 10 pro decided it was not for me went back to win 7 but everything was missing files, decided to go and redo windows 7, I've seen that win 10 made a cd rom write protected partition .it will not let me take it out .I need to know how to remove this write protected part that win 10 embedded in my hard drive
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: BC_Programmer on April 26, 2017, 05:08:24 PM
You can delete Delete all partitions when booting from the Win7 disc. Win10 doesn't create any sort of read-only CD-ROM partition.
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: redbird on April 27, 2017, 03:03:03 PM
when I try to boot from win 7 disk when pressing any key there is no booting ,when I go to my computer and boot from win 7 I try to erase all but it will not let me. all I want to do is get rid of everything and make a fresh install of win 7 .
this is what I got..

DISK 0 BASIC 931.51 GB online System R 100 MB N healthy
(c:) 930.97 GB NTFS healthy boot,page file,crash dump crash primary partition
450 MB healthy recovery partition
CD ROM 0  ...GSP1RMCULXFRER-EN-DVD (D:) 3.09 GB UDF healthy primary partition
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: patio on April 27, 2017, 04:23:08 PM
If the Win7 disk doesnt boot it's not legit...where is it from ? ?
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: redbird on April 27, 2017, 04:49:08 PM
win 7 ultimate bought from best buy` The last thing I want to do is buy another hd, why does this have a cd rom reading?
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: patio on April 27, 2017, 05:01:07 PM
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why does this have a cd rom reading?

What does this mean ? /
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: BC_Programmer on April 27, 2017, 05:35:10 PM
Quote from: redbird on April 27, 2017, 04:49:08 PM
why does this have a cd rom reading?

Your Hard Drive has only one partition, which is the boot partition for WIndows 7 so you cannot delete it with disk management or while booted into Windows.

The "CD ROM" you see is your optical drive that you have the Windows 7 DVD inserted in.

"GSP1RMCULXFRER-EN-DVD" is the Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Installation Disc. It should be bootable. You need to boot to the disc. Is your CMOS/BIOS setup configured with the DVD Drive higher in the boot order than your Hard Disk?
Title: Re: windows 10 removal from hard drive
Post by: redbird on April 28, 2017, 09:28:13 AM
Bc programmer your the best ! I don't know how it was change but that did it