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Duker
I am going to a new computer and want to remove Vista from the old one .How
do you remove VIST option on Bootup? Duker
do you remove VIST option on Bootup? Duker
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Colin Barnhorst
VistaBoot Pro. http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
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Rick Rogers
Hi,
Overwrite the mbr to point to the bootloader of choice. You will need to
perform some operation that changes the mbr to point to a different
bootloader (such as ntldr for WinXP, io.sys for Win98, or GRUB for a linux
setup). How you do this depends on what OS you plan on leaving on the
machine.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Overwrite the mbr to point to the bootloader of choice. You will need to
perform some operation that changes the mbr to point to a different
bootloader (such as ntldr for WinXP, io.sys for Win98, or GRUB for a linux
setup). How you do this depends on what OS you plan on leaving on the
machine.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
D
Duker
I have already removed Vista from the machine, Is there a way to do it now?
C
Colin Barnhorst
VistaBoot Pro runs on XP. Have you tried it yet?
R
Rick Rogers
Hi,
Yes, what OS are you installing instead? Normally, setup would take care of
this. But, if the other OS is already on the drive and you simply want to
recover it, then it is simply a matter of knowing which one it is.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Yes, what OS are you installing instead? Normally, setup would take care of
this. But, if the other OS is already on the drive and you simply want to
recover it, then it is simply a matter of knowing which one it is.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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Marty Felker
You can remove Vista by methods stated several times heres. But beware -
Vista will install a directory call c:\boot For ANY other Microsoft OS -
includeding DOS!! Although you can set directory permissions to - h -s -r
you STILL can't get of that directory or subdirectories
(internationalization). It will install BCD in Windows\system32. The only
solution I've found to get rid of the \boot directory is to boot Linux with
ntfs-3g drivers (r/w capability and KNOWN to be safe - but then you don't
care as you are only removing one directory and a few files. I don't have a
problem if I install Vista in its OWN partition - not shared with any the MS
OS. Then you can install 2000 XP XPx64 and even DOS and hid those OS's
from each other <for examle in DOS set LASTDRIVE=D) or in others remove
drive labels (D:, E: etc) in both Vista and the "previous" Windows using
Disk Management under Computer Management in Control Panel. Vista will eat
everything on your HD if you don't do this - and report back to Bill as
well.
Vista will install a directory call c:\boot For ANY other Microsoft OS -
includeding DOS!! Although you can set directory permissions to - h -s -r
you STILL can't get of that directory or subdirectories
(internationalization). It will install BCD in Windows\system32. The only
solution I've found to get rid of the \boot directory is to boot Linux with
ntfs-3g drivers (r/w capability and KNOWN to be safe - but then you don't
care as you are only removing one directory and a few files. I don't have a
problem if I install Vista in its OWN partition - not shared with any the MS
OS. Then you can install 2000 XP XPx64 and even DOS and hid those OS's
from each other <for examle in DOS set LASTDRIVE=D) or in others remove
drive labels (D:, E: etc) in both Vista and the "previous" Windows using
Disk Management under Computer Management in Control Panel. Vista will eat
everything on your HD if you don't do this - and report back to Bill as
well.
K
koze
If you still have the DVD with Vista on it and have a folder called boot on
the primary partition.
Insert the DVD and run from a cmd prompt:
X:\boot\bootsect /NT52 all
You have to have admin rights on the PC to be able to run that cmd.
It gives an error because the bootsector is in use at the moment but after a
reboot you have the XP boot again.
Ko.
the primary partition.
Insert the DVD and run from a cmd prompt:
X:\boot\bootsect /NT52 all
You have to have admin rights on the PC to be able to run that cmd.
It gives an error because the bootsector is in use at the moment but after a
reboot you have the XP boot again.
Ko.