How to remove multi-booting

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Bob

I multi-booted my hard drive so I could try out some Linux releases. I'm
done with that now and would like to restore my hard drive to single booting
of Vista only. Is there something in my Vista Upgrade DVD or the Vista
Recovery Console or somewhere else that will set the MBR back so it points
directly to Vista?

Thanks.
Bob
 
I multi-booted my hard drive so I could try out some Linux releases. I'm
done with that now and would like to restore my hard drive to single booting
of Vista only. Is there something in my Vista Upgrade DVD or the Vista
Recovery Console or somewhere else that will set the MBR back so it points
directly to Vista?
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Bob,

where does the MBR point now? Did you use any third-party
software for the boot menu?

If not, then it's not the MBR that needs to change. It may be
enough to edit boot.ini.

Hans-Georg
 
Bob said:
I multi-booted my hard drive so I could try out some Linux releases. I'm
done with that now and would like to restore my hard drive to
single booting of Vista only. Is there something in my Vista Upgrade
DVD or the Vista Recovery Console or somewhere else that will set the
MBR back so it points directly to Vista?

Thanks.
Bob
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Maybe the following utility would be useful:

VistaBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php
(scroll down to the download link)


--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
Did you use any third-party software for the boot menu?
Yes, as I mentioned, I installed Linux, specifically, the Grub boot loader.
where does the MBR point now?
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To the second partition on the hard disk. Vista is in the first partition.
 
Yes, as I mentioned, I installed Linux, specifically, the Grub boot loader.
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To the second partition on the hard disk. Vista is in the first partition.
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Bob,

in that case you have to rewrite the MBR, which is never
entirely risk-free.

One possible way to do it is the command: fdisk /mbr

I don't know the precise details and guess that you'll have to
find out how best to uninstall Grub.

Hans-Georg
 
Thanks for the info.

John Inzer said:
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Maybe the following utility would be useful:

VistaBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php
(scroll down to the download link)


--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
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