How do I get XP back?

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Shawn, if you don't know where and what windows.old is, you should just
reinstall XP from scratch.
 
MICHAEL said:
Lord have mercy.... you should not be messing around with
beta OS software. Not trying to be rude, but, there are a lot
folks who have posted in this newsgroup that really deserve
what they get.
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Yeah... they should have used the long hours of downloading B2 to read
slowly and carefully the warnings on Microsoft's Vista Beta 2 homepage;-)

rOy
 
Especially since it was the last text they saw before requesting the
download. Kinda like the last thing a dying man sees....
 
Roy Coorne said:
Yeah... they should have used the long hours of downloading B2 to read slowly and carefully
the warnings on Microsoft's Vista Beta 2 homepage;-)
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For sure! :-)

-Michael
 
Follow these steps, it worked for me.
if this is in your Boot.ini

******************************************
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
*******************************************

go to mapotions from the 'my computer" then select view then unmark the
following; hiden files and maps & extensions for bla bla bla.

now go to your C:\ drive and see if you can find the boot.ini, bootmgr and
the NTLdr.

if so, do the following.

1. make a copy of thos files in a temp directory.
2. now rename the NTLdr to NTLdr.backup
3. rename the Bootmgr to Bootmgr.backup
4. RENAME the NTLdr.backup to Bootmgr

restart your machine.

XP will strat up directly, like old times. Remember is you wanna get rid of
this, then the only way is to remove the partition and format it, the next
time you install XP.

Xipe!
 
Follow these steps, it worked for me.
if this is in your Boot.ini

******************************************
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
*******************************************

go to mapotions from the 'my computer" then select view then unmark the
following; hiden files and maps & extensions for bla bla bla.

now go to your C:\ drive and see if you can find the boot.ini, bootmgr and
the NTLdr.

if so, do the following.

1. make a copy of thos files in a temp directory.
2. now rename the NTLdr to NTLdr.backup
3. rename the Bootmgr to Bootmgr.backup
4. RENAME the NTLdr.backup to Bootmgr

restart your machine.

XP will strat up directly, like old times. Remember is you wanna get rid of
this, then the only way is to remove the partition and format it, the next
time you install XP.

Xipe!
 
daddy3 said:
Some Manufacturers restore CD will not load partitioning software after using
Vista-my Sony XP Home will not work to restore after using Vista-I have to
use another clean non-vista hd to format my Sony computer using XP to
reformat the partition before getting Sony XP Home Restore to run-many people
will have this problem after using the beta. Even people who know what they
are doing will get problems-I have been running dual boots with Vista since
5308 and 5384 ate my XP bootfiles during install-it happens with BETAS-people
who do not know how to repair these problems should NEVER use a beta.
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Follow these steps, it worked for me.
if this is in your Boot.ini

******************************************
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
*******************************************

go to mapotions from the 'my computer" then select view then unmark the
following; hiden files and maps & extensions for bla bla bla.

now go to your C:\ drive and see if you can find the boot.ini, bootmgr and
the NTLdr.

if so, do the following.

1. make a copy of thos files in a temp directory.
2. now rename the NTLdr to NTLdr.backup
3. rename the Bootmgr to Bootmgr.backup
4. RENAME the NTLdr.backup to Bootmgr

restart your machine.

XP will strat up directly, like old times. Remember is you wanna get rid of
this, then the only way is to remove the partition and format it, the next
time you install XP.

Xipe!
 
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