Boot Mgr

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I was dual booting XP and Vista each on their own partition. I have removed
Vista but the boot mgr/boot loader still comes up and asks XP or Vista. How
do I disable this so I start XP automatically?

I tried what was described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

But when I type bootcfg /default /ID# replacing ID# with 1. I get invalid
command.
 
you can install VistaBootPro and use it to edit the boot loader.



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I was dual booting XP and Vista each on their own partition. I have removed
Vista but the boot mgr/boot loader still comes up and asks XP or Vista. How
do I disable this so I start XP automatically?

I tried what was described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

But when I type bootcfg /default /ID# replacing ID# with 1. I get invalid
command.
 
Personally i would use VistaBootPro (it is free) and as mikeysd has said in
his post edit the bootloader by clciking on the bootloader tab and clicking
in the box next to the option to remove the bootloader.

The microsoft option you are suing isn't working because you need to be in
elevated mode to access bcdedit. Click start>all programs>accessories. Look
at the list in accessories and Right Click on the command prompt. From the
menu that appears click on the 'run as administrator' option. Command prompt
will now open in elevated mode and you should be able to use the microsoft
command. If it still doesn't work, then use VistaBoot pro.

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Windows - Shell/User

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Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org

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Brad Sorry forget my last mail. I missed the bit where you had removed
Vista. Don't bother with the command prompt because what i have described
will only work in Vista. Use VistaBootPro instead. Install it on XP and then
use the bootloader option to remove the boot files.

Sorry for the confusion.

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Windows - Shell/User

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Brad,
Do it this way: open the System Configuration Utility (SCU) which can be
done by Start/Run/ type "msconfig" (less the quotation marks) and click
"OK". When the SCU opens click the BOOT.INI tab then click the "Check All
Boot Paths" button midway to the left side.You should get an offer to remove
the invalid Vista Boot Path. Accept it and OK out.
Gene K



I was dual booting XP and Vista each on their own partition. I have removed
Vista but the boot mgr/boot loader still comes up and asks XP or Vista. How
do I disable this so I start XP automatically?

I tried what was described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

But when I type bootcfg /default /ID# replacing ID# with 1. I get invalid
command.
 
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