how to delete vista under Windows XP

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Vista is not a program that you can just delete from XP. Format the
partition Vista is on.
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
Vista is not a program that you can just delete from XP. Format the
partition Vista is on.
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I think one would also have to run fixmbr from the XP CD. Something like
that because the XP boot.ini would also have to be there.
 
I am assuming that he installed Vista on a second drive. I would use
VistaBoot Pro to remove the Vista bootloader and it should then be OK to
format the Vista drive. Or am I missing something, Frank?
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
I am assuming that he installed Vista on a second drive. I would use
VistaBoot Pro to remove the Vista bootloader and it should then be OK to
format the Vista drive. Or am I missing something, Frank?
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He should also be able to run bootsect /nt52 c: from x:\boot where x is
the letter of his DVD drive.
 
Wayne W. said:
He should also be able to run bootsect /nt52 c: from x:\boot where x is
the letter of his DVD drive.
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And of course, have the Vista DVD in the drive. LOL


Wayne
 
Or if that don't work try:

Type in "e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force" (without quotes, and
replacing e: with the drive letter of your
Vista DVD).

Saw this in a post from David Wright

Marty
 

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