<p>I had a dual boot using Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview.</p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve decided to remove the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, I will share info on how to safely remove the dual boot using Bcdedit command.</p>
<p>Boot into Windows 7 and run Command Prompt as an Administrator (elevated mode)</p>
<p>Type <strong>bcdedit </strong>and hit Enter</p>
<p>You should see the list of entries for the dual boot configuration.</p>
<p>Find the entry for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview OS and check the identifier line. As you can see from the picture below in my case identifier was {default}</p>
<p>Run the following command:</p>
<p><strong>bcdedit /delete {default}</strong></p>
<p><b><img class="alignnone" src="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bcdedit.png" alt="dual boot" width="677" height="616" /></b></p>
<p>Now restart and login to Windows. There&#8217;s one more thing to do. We need to delete the Windows folder from the partition where Windows 8 Consumer Preview was installed. <!--more--></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how to do it:</p>
<p>Locate the Windows 8 Consumer Preview folder named &#8216;Windows&#8217; (be careful not to delete your Windows 7 folder)</p>
<p>Right click on the folder and select properties</p>
<p><strong>In the Security | Advanced Security | Owner</strong> tab take ownership of the folder.</p>
<p>Close the Properties Window and re-open it. Grant yourself or Administrators group a Full Control permission for the folder and propagate permissions to all child objects.</p>
<p>Now you should be able to completely delete the folder.</p>
<p>Comments are welcome.</p>

How To Remove Windows 8 Dual Boot
