Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
Uninstalling Vista
Unfortunately yes :o( Format completley :o(
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Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
If you installed XP and Vista in a dual boot partition, yes, you can format Vista's partition from within XP, but if installed it on the XP Partition, I am afraid its a complete format. You have to boot from your XP CD to do so. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Russell" wrote in message
Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
But what will happen to the dual boot? After i installed Vista, i noticed that the dual boot screen is not the same as XP's. What will happen if i format Vista's partition from within XP? Will the dual boot screen be gone? Or will it still be there?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
If you installed XP and Vista in a dual boot partition, yes, you can format Vista's partition from within XP, but if installed it on the XP Partition, I am afraid its a complete format. You have to boot from your XP CD to do so. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Russell" wrote in message Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
Boot from your XP CD and use the text based setup to format the partition. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Russell" wrote in message
Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
Probably you won't need to reformat your disk. Maybe XP's "diskpart" or another hard disk utility provided with XP may recreate the boot sector and do the job, as long as the original XP's boot files (NTDETECT.COM, BOOT.INI and ntldr) are there (you may need to extract them from your XP CD-ROM).
"Russell" wrote:
Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
The way to uninstall is simple. Just use PartitionMagic and convert NTFS filesystem to FAT32 then erase windows folders on hard drive and next run the XP rescue console and fix things that are responsible for booting XP. Artur
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Probably you won't need to reformat your disk. Maybe XP's "diskpart" or another hard disk utility provided with XP may recreate the boot sector and do the job, as long as the original XP's boot files (NTDETECT.COM, BOOT.INI and ntldr) are there (you may need to extract them from your XP CD-ROM).
"Russell" wrote:
Vista is having to many problems on my machine. Is there a simple way to uninstall and go back to XP or do I have to format and start all over?
how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message
That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
how do i go back to boot.ini and just to having xp on the system? (without reformating the 2nd hard disk to which i have vista installed to) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
*6gb worth of data to copy over to my pc. "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Use VistaBootPRO to delete the Vista Boot Manager: http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/ -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
how do i go back to boot.ini and just to having xp on the system? (without reformating the 2nd hard disk to which i have vista installed to) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message
If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
i read the details about the download. i like what it can do. is there another way to do some of that stuff without downloading that software? "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message
Use VistaBootPRO to delete the Vista Boot Manager: http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/ -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i go back to boot.ini and just to having xp on the system? (without reformating the 2nd hard disk to which i have vista installed to) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
I just told you.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
how do i go back to boot.ini and just to having xp on the system? (without reformating the 2nd hard disk to which i have vista installed to) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:16:06 -0400, "Steven Wabik" wrote:
i read the details about the download. i like what it can do. is there another way to do some of that stuff without downloading that software?
See my post below about restoring your original MBR and boot sector. After that's done, just delete the "Boot" folder, bootmgr, bootsector.bak, and boot.bak. However, if VistaBootPRO will do all this (and I have NO experience using it for this purpose), why not download it and use it?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Use VistaBootPRO to delete the Vista Boot Manager: http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/ snip
The software will be difficult to use without first downloading it.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
i read the details about the download. i like what it can do. is there another way to do some of that stuff without downloading that software? "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Use VistaBootPRO to delete the Vista Boot Manager: http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/ -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i go back to boot.ini and just to having xp on the system? (without reformating the 2nd hard disk to which i have vista installed to) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" wrote in message That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
y not in the vista partition? and does it really matter which os it gets installed on? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
i installed vistabootpro and it keeps getting this error that says it needs for it to close but it will aloow you to continue if you really want to. why do you get this issue? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Steven Wabik schrieb:
what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive.
It is where it was before you installed Vista. Vista added two lines of text to your XP boot.ini - see yourself.
Roy
After you have gotten rid of it?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
y not in the vista partition? and does it really matter which os it gets installed on? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Installed it where? XP like I told you?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
i installed vistabootpro and it keeps getting this error that says it needs for it to close but it will aloow you to continue if you really want to. why do you get this issue? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
yes, on the xp partition "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
Installed it where? XP like I told you?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i installed vistabootpro and it keeps getting this error that says it needs for it to close but it will aloow you to continue if you really want to. why do you get this issue? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
I have not seen reports of this issue. Uninstall, download again and install the fresh download. That type of error message suggests a corruption.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
yes, on the xp partition "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Installed it where? XP like I told you?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i installed vistabootpro and it keeps getting this error that says it needs for it to close but it will aloow you to continue if you really want to. why do you get this issue? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
(sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
probably so, but a corruption in what? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
I have not seen reports of this issue. Uninstall, download again and install the fresh download. That type of error message suggests a corruption.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message yes, on the xp partition "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Installed it where? XP like I told you?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i installed vistabootpro and it keeps getting this error that says it needs for it to close but it will aloow you to continue if you really want to. why do you get this issue? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
(sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
Don't tempt me to answer that! :)
A corrupted download or installed file.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
probably so, but a corruption in what? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message I have not seen reports of this issue. Uninstall, download again and install the fresh download. That type of error message suggests a corruption.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message yes, on the xp partition "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Installed it where? XP like I told you?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i installed vistabootpro and it keeps getting this error that says it needs for it to close but it will aloow you to continue if you really want to. why do you get this issue? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Not necessarily. Depending on how you launched the Vista installer you may have the BCD files in the root folder of your XP partition. Download VistaBootPro to your XP partition and use it to edit the boot options screen.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i'll just do a hard drive to hard drive transfer. after reformating it, will the boot.ini file go back into effect? "Jason" wrote in message If you have a DVD burner, burn the files to that. I know it sucks, but that is how beta testing sometimes goes.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message its like 6GB "jonah" wrote in message
Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back.
Jonah
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk
Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
Another way:
From XP CMD prompt: <drive letter of the VISTA DVD>:\boot\bootsect /nt52 <drive letter of XP>: Note space between nt52 and drive letter
or (long explanation)
"How to clean the Vista install.
Step by step.
1. Boot to XP 2. got to a CMD prompt ( start --> run --> type cmd and press OK (or run) 3. in cmd window type “cd\boot” (without the quotes!) 4. put DVD from Vista in DVD drive 5. don’t let install run close that screen (red X right top) 6. type “X:\boot\bootsect /nt52 c:” (where X is the drive letter from the DVD reader) 7. reboot the PC it should load XP by default now (entry’s from Vista are gone) 8. after reboot delete the folder boot in your XP drive (it is in the root of the drive) 9. you may delete all the files ending at .BAK in the root also 10. that’s all to do to clean out 11. Format the partition holding Vista to get a clean install again
Now you are ready to give the new version a clean start."
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message
no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:28:52 -0400, "Steven Wabik" wrote:
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved.
So, LOOK FOR THE FILE!!!.
Enter "boot.ini" as the search term in XP Search, and make sure you set Search to check in hidden and system folders.
If Search fails to find the file, then try this:
Boot XP from the XP installer disk, choose the first opportunity to "Repair", go to the Repair Console, then type "fixboot" <ENTER>. This should rewrite your XP boot loader.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
==
Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. =====================================================
the file on my xp machine seems to be gone as well. the only file found in the search was boot.ini.backup and it was in the folder c:\windows\pss "Donald L McDaniel" wrote in message
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:28:52 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved.
So, LOOK FOR THE FILE!!!.
Enter "boot.ini" as the search term in XP Search, and make sure you set Search to check in hidden and system folders.
If Search fails to find the file, then try this:
Boot XP from the XP installer disk, choose the first opportunity to "Repair", go to the Repair Console, then type "fixboot" <ENTER>. This should rewrite your XP boot loader.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
==
Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. =====================================================
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:28:52 -0400, "Steven Wabik" wrote:
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved. In answer to one of your above questions, you shouldn't copy the
boot.ini file from another machine. It might work if the number and types of HDs in that machine are identical to yours, but Setup created this file for your particular machine. If you're down to a nonbootable machine, and you have NO backup of boot.ini, it wouldn't hurt to try copying such a file (in Recovery Console), but it may not work. If you truly have no backup of this file, you may need to do a repair of XP from a bootable XP CD, hopefully one slipstreamed with SP2.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
Fixboot rewrites the boot sector, it won't replace boot.ini if it is really gone. (although fixboot followed by a fixmbr might be required to remove the bcd boot manager if you havent doen it already)
Repairing the OS is kind of using a sledgehammer to kill a flea..if the boot.ini is really gone (which is pretty weird) you can rewrite it by booting from the XP cd to recovery console and running the command bootcfg /rebuild The pc will find your Xp install and ask you if you want to add it. Load identifier is whatever descriptive text you want to call the install, then for load options type in /fastdetect this will rebuild your boot.ini file
"Donald L McDaniel" wrote in message
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:28:52 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved.
So, LOOK FOR THE FILE!!!.
Enter "boot.ini" as the search term in XP Search, and make sure you set Search to check in hidden and system folders.
If Search fails to find the file, then try this:
Boot XP from the XP installer disk, choose the first opportunity to "Repair", go to the Repair Console, then type "fixboot" <ENTER>. This should rewrite your XP boot loader.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
==
Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. =====================================================
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:38:51 -0300, "Bones" wrote:
Fixboot rewrites the boot sector, it won't replace boot.ini if it is really gone. (although fixboot followed by a fixmbr might be required to remove the bcd boot manager if you havent doen it already)
Repairing the OS is kind of using a sledgehammer to kill a flea..
I wasn't giving the OP directions to actually do a Repair Install of the OS, just giving him directions on how to access the Repair Console, from which he would issue any boot-repair utility commands.
if the boot.ini is really gone (which is pretty weird) you can rewrite it by booting from the XP cd to recovery console and running the command bootcfg /rebuild The pc will find your Xp install and ask you if you want to add it. Load identifier is whatever descriptive text you want to call the install, then for load options type in /fastdetect this will rebuild your boot.ini file
Thank you, "Bones".
Apparently, I gave the wrong instructions.
I just assumed that "fixboot" would actually rewrite boot.ini.
My only experience with fixing a boot volume was when I removed Linux from my computer, and ran "fixmbr" to remove the LILO loader and return the XP Boot menu. Since then, I've pretty much been giving the same advice I found worked for me.
I guess if boot.ini is nowhere to be found, it would be kind of hard to return the XP boot menu by issing the command "fixmbr", although it did work for me to remove the LILO loader and return the XP boot menu.
Anyway, just trying to get the OP to DO ANYTHING but whine over and over.
"Donald L McDaniel" wrote in message On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:28:52 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved.
So, LOOK FOR THE FILE!!!.
Enter "boot.ini" as the search term in XP Search, and make sure you set Search to check in hidden and system folders.
If Search fails to find the file, then try this:
Boot XP from the XP installer disk, choose the first opportunity to "Repair", go to the Repair Console, then type "fixboot" <ENTER>. This should rewrite your XP boot loader.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:56:21 -0400, "Steven Wabik" wrote:
the file on my xp machine seems to be gone as well. the only file found in the search was boot.ini.backup and it was in the folder c:\windows\pss
So, Steve, try POSTING the contents of THIS file to this thread. Perhaps we will be able to let you know if it it really reflects your true XP boot setup.
If it does, all you will have to do is move the file from where it is now to C:\ and rename it as "boot.ini".
For some reason or another, I do not have a "C:\Windows\pss" folder, so was unable to check if I also have such a file. In my case, it would be a generic file, not one which I had edited. Perhaps I've not yet edited boot.ini.
"Donald L McDaniel" wrote in message On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:28:52 -0400, "Steven Wabik" Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote:
the boot.ini file. the file could have been moved.
So, LOOK FOR THE FILE!!!.
Enter "boot.ini" as the search term in XP Search, and make sure you set Search to check in hidden and system folders.
If Search fails to find the file, then try this:
Boot XP from the XP installer disk, choose the first opportunity to "Repair", go to the Repair Console, then type "fixboot" <ENTER>. This should rewrite your XP boot loader.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Where do you suppose the boot.ini tab in msconfig got its data?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i have a few computers with xp on them and the boot.ini file was either in "c:\" or in "c:\windows". maybe it just got moved to the root dirrectory of windows.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message (sigh)
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i know its in msconfig but it was removed from the file location "C:\". "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message When you are XP run msconfig. You will see the boot.ini tab.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message no, i'm not really, i just would like to know all the ways do it the operation i guess besides the laptop with vista on it does not have a dvd burner it (to tell the person who offered that idea. thanks anyway).
yes the boot.ini file is gone. well, at least from where it was last located. would the vista installation moved it to a new location?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message The boot.ini file is not gone. It is on your XP partition. It just is not used by Vista. Why are you having a problem with our answers?
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message since the boot.ini file is gone now, can i just copy it over from another pc and then delete the vista partition. would the new boot manager still be active if i remove vista? and if so, how do i make modifications to it? "milleron" wrote in message On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:41:32 -0700, "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" andred25@hotmail.com> wrote:
Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format.
And if you want to get rid of everything Vista left behind on your XP drive, see here http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1040.html about rewriting the MBR and the boot sector.
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haha that's actually funny because a lot of my boot record/sector experience comes from linux as well...although most of mine was because I kept playing with LILO or Grub and messing something up and had to rewrite the MBR a few dozen times :) I do a lot of work with XP but you rarely have to rewrite the MBR or boot sector in XP, unless you are dual booting of course..or until now with Vista using a very different boot method
"Donald L McDaniel" wrote in message
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:38:51 -0300, "Bones" <idonthaveone@blah.com wrote:
Fixboot rewrites the boot sector, it won't replace boot.ini if it is really gone. (although fixboot followed by a fixmbr might be required to remove the bcd boot manager if you havent doen it already)
Repairing the OS is kind of using a sledgehammer to kill a flea..
I wasn't giving the OP directions to actually do a Repair Install of the OS, just giving him directions on how to access the Repair Console, from which he would issue any boot-repair utility commands.
if the boot.ini is really gone (which is pretty weird) you can rewrite it by booting from the XP cd to recovery console and running the command bootcfg /rebuild The pc will find your Xp install and ask you if you want to add it. Load identifier is whatever descriptive text you want to call the install, then for load options type in /fastdetect this will rebuild your boot.ini file
Thank you, "Bones".
Apparently, I gave the wrong instructions.
I just assumed that "fixboot" would actually rewrite boot.ini.
My only experience with fixing a boot volume was when I removed Linux from my computer, and ran "fixmbr" to remove the LILO loader and return the XP Boot menu. Since then, I've pretty much been giving the same advice I found worked