remove windows boot manager

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gls858

I took a quick look through the previous post but didn't
see anything that helped.

I loaded Vista on a separate drive and it set up the windows
boot manager. I played with Vista for a while just to see what
the noise was all about. Liked what I saw but decided to wait
until it's released. I formatted the drive that had Vista
installed. No problems, but I really don't need the boot manger
anymore. What's the best (easiest) way to make it go away.

gls858
 
I don't know a best and easiest way, but I am going make a suggestion:

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and Recovery
click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Click File > Save as, save it to a remote location such as a Floppy for
example, even better, burn it to a disk, you are gonna or might need it
later.

Boot into Windows XP, insert your XP CD-ROM, launch setup install XP on the
partition on which Vista was installed. If you are unable to install XP
because you have a later version of XP installed compared to whats on the
disk, then you need to boot off the disk into setup.

XP will start into the text based portion of setup, select the partition on
which Vista was installed and install XP. The possibility that it might find
an existing installation of XP is likely, but it is also likely that both
are incompatible because they are two different versions (ie. XP RTM vs. XP
SP2), meaning, the one you are installing fresh from the disk, might have no
Service Pack and the one on hard disk does.

Do not attempt to fix this installation, go ahead do a fresh installation on
the partition Vista was installed.

Its possible that this procedure might add the existing install of XP to the
fresh installs boot manager or it might not. If its does not, this is what
you are gonna do. Remember that file I told you save earlier? This is where
it comes in. Copy it to the desktop from the remote location floppy, rename
it BACKUP.

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and Recovery
click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Add this entry to it:
[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN

If the old XP install is not on C, change partition(1) to partition(2)

It should look something like this:

[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64
Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER
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until it's released. I formatted the drive that had Vista
installed. No problems, but I really don't need the boot manger
anymore. What's the best (easiest) way to make it go away.
Click to expand...

What were your original Window$? XP? Boot PC with WinXP CD,
recovery console, run fixmbr

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Andre said:
I don't know a best and easiest way, but I am going make a suggestion:

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and Recovery
click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Click File > Save as, save it to a remote location such as a Floppy for
example, even better, burn it to a disk, you are gonna or might need it
later.

Boot into Windows XP, insert your XP CD-ROM, launch setup install XP on the
partition on which Vista was installed. If you are unable to install XP
because you have a later version of XP installed compared to whats on the
disk, then you need to boot off the disk into setup.

XP will start into the text based portion of setup, select the partition on
which Vista was installed and install XP. The possibility that it might find
an existing installation of XP is likely, but it is also likely that both
are incompatible because they are two different versions (ie. XP RTM vs. XP
SP2), meaning, the one you are installing fresh from the disk, might have no
Service Pack and the one on hard disk does.

Do not attempt to fix this installation, go ahead do a fresh installation on
the partition Vista was installed.

Its possible that this procedure might add the existing install of XP to the
fresh installs boot manager or it might not. If its does not, this is what
you are gonna do. Remember that file I told you save earlier? This is where
it comes in. Copy it to the desktop from the remote location floppy, rename
it BACKUP.

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and Recovery
click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Add this entry to it:
[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN

If the old XP install is not on C, change partition(1) to partition(2)

It should look something like this:

[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64
Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER
Click to expand...

Sorry for the lack of detail. I have windows XP on my C drive
and it boots just fine. I just have to select it from the
windows boot manager screen. I would like to get rid of the
boot manager and boot doriectly to XP. Below is my current
boot.ini which appears to be exactly what you recommended except
for a couple of comment lines.

;
;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

gls858
 
Man-wai Chang said:
What were your original Window$? XP? Boot PC with WinXP CD,
recovery console, run fixmbr
Click to expand...

Thanks for the reply.
I was hoping to avoid fixmbr. Seems like a drastic
measure just to get rid of a couple extra keystrokes.
If it's the only way, I may not bother trying to get
rid of the extra screen.

gls858
 
Boot.ini is practically useless nowadays for editing the boot management.
Stick with bcdedit.exe.

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gls858 said:
Andre said:
I don't know a best and easiest way, but I am going make a suggestion:

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and Recovery
click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Click File > Save as, save it to a remote location such as a Floppy for
example, even better, burn it to a disk, you are gonna or might need it
later.

Boot into Windows XP, insert your XP CD-ROM, launch setup install XP on
the partition on which Vista was installed. If you are unable to install
XP because you have a later version of XP installed compared to whats on
the disk, then you need to boot off the disk into setup.

XP will start into the text based portion of setup, select the partition
on which Vista was installed and install XP. The possibility that it
might find an existing installation of XP is likely, but it is also
likely that both are incompatible because they are two different versions
(ie. XP RTM vs. XP SP2), meaning, the one you are installing fresh from
the disk, might have no Service Pack and the one on hard disk does.

Do not attempt to fix this installation, go ahead do a fresh installation
on the partition Vista was installed.

Its possible that this procedure might add the existing install of XP to
the fresh installs boot manager or it might not. If its does not, this is
what you are gonna do. Remember that file I told you save earlier? This
is where it comes in. Copy it to the desktop from the remote location
floppy, rename it BACKUP.

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and Recovery
click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Add this entry to it:
[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN

If the old XP install is not on C, change partition(1) to partition(2)

It should look something like this:

[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64
Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER
Click to expand...

Sorry for the lack of detail. I have windows XP on my C drive
and it boots just fine. I just have to select it from the
windows boot manager screen. I would like to get rid of the
boot manager and boot doriectly to XP. Below is my current
boot.ini which appears to be exactly what you recommended except
for a couple of comment lines.

;
;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

gls858
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But if the user won't be running Vista on that machine and is not in an IT
Environment, BCDEdit is just as useless.
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Zack Whittaker said:
Boot.ini is practically useless nowadays for editing the boot management.
Stick with bcdedit.exe.

--
Zack Whittaker
» ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
» MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
» Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
» This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

--: Original message follows :--
gls858 said:
Andre said:
I don't know a best and easiest way, but I am going make a suggestion:

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and
Recovery click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Click File > Save as, save it to a remote location such as a Floppy for
example, even better, burn it to a disk, you are gonna or might need it
later.

Boot into Windows XP, insert your XP CD-ROM, launch setup install XP on
the partition on which Vista was installed. If you are unable to install
XP because you have a later version of XP installed compared to whats on
the disk, then you need to boot off the disk into setup.

XP will start into the text based portion of setup, select the partition
on which Vista was installed and install XP. The possibility that it
might find an existing installation of XP is likely, but it is also
likely that both are incompatible because they are two different
versions (ie. XP RTM vs. XP SP2), meaning, the one you are installing
fresh from the disk, might have no Service Pack and the one on hard disk
does.

Do not attempt to fix this installation, go ahead do a fresh
installation on the partition Vista was installed.

Its possible that this procedure might add the existing install of XP to
the fresh installs boot manager or it might not. If its does not, this
is what you are gonna do. Remember that file I told you save earlier?
This is where it comes in. Copy it to the desktop from the remote
location floppy, rename it BACKUP.

Open Control Panel > System > Advanced (tab) > under Startup and
Recovery click > Settings > under System startup click > Edit

Add this entry to it:
[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN

If the old XP install is not on C, change partition(1) to partition(2)

It should look something like this:

[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" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64
Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER
Click to expand...

Sorry for the lack of detail. I have windows XP on my C drive
and it boots just fine. I just have to select it from the
windows boot manager screen. I would like to get rid of the
boot manager and boot doriectly to XP. Below is my current
boot.ini which appears to be exactly what you recommended except
for a couple of comment lines.

;
;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

gls858
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