Removing boot loader?

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Hello,

I have tried to install x86 vista on a seperate drive with my WinXP Pro
system. It restarted and I got a stop error...

0x0000007B (0x81B99BB0, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

The boot screen options go by too fast to get into XP unless I luck out.
How can I remove the boot loader option so I can boot normally and just
delete the Vista files?

Thanks,

Lou
 
You can select XP at the OS selection screen, but you have to be really
fast... as soon as you see the screen, hit the up arrow to select the older
version of Windows. Once you have selected it, hit enter and you should boot
into XP once again:) it's all about the quickness...lol
 
Thanks a bunch! That didn't remove the boot loader but it did give me
default access to my system again.

Thanks again,

Lou
 
It's probably already on here somewhere else, but here is how to fix it
(remove the bootloader and access to vista completely)
To do this you need to know the administrator password for XP.
This is the weblink for the XP recovery console, ill summarise below but
refer to this article for more detailed information if your boot config is
not as simple as mine.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058

Boot from your XP installation media.
At the welcome to windows setup screen press 'R' to repair installation.
Windows will search from previous installations, select the one you want to
log on to: in my case this was C:\windows - NOTE vista installs do not
appear here.
Provide admin password when prompted.
At command prompt type 'fixboot %drive%'
NOTE - replace %drive% is the normal boot drive for your machine - typically
'c:\' but this may differ depending on your setup.
Windows will prompt if you are sure you want to overwrite the boot sector.
When done, type 'exit' to reboot your machine and remove the installation
media, it should clean boot into windows XP.

Remember that if you have a multiboot configuration ie: XP/Linux, XP/Win98
this will also fry that too. There are instructions in the link above for
doing more advanced operations like rebuilding a boot menu.

Hope this helps.
 
Thank you. I'll give that a try.

Lou

CrAy-Z said:
It's probably already on here somewhere else, but here is how to fix it
(remove the bootloader and access to vista completely)
To do this you need to know the administrator password for XP.
This is the weblink for the XP recovery console, ill summarise below but
refer to this article for more detailed information if your boot config is
not as simple as mine.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058

Boot from your XP installation media.
At the welcome to windows setup screen press 'R' to repair installation.
Windows will search from previous installations, select the one you want
to
log on to: in my case this was C:\windows - NOTE vista installs do not
appear here.
Provide admin password when prompted.
At command prompt type 'fixboot %drive%'
NOTE - replace %drive% is the normal boot drive for your machine -
typically
'c:\' but this may differ depending on your setup.
Windows will prompt if you are sure you want to overwrite the boot sector.
When done, type 'exit' to reboot your machine and remove the installation
media, it should clean boot into windows XP.

Remember that if you have a multiboot configuration ie: XP/Linux, XP/Win98
this will also fry that too. There are instructions in the link above for
doing more advanced operations like rebuilding a boot menu.

Hope this helps.
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