| Subject: Removing Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/8/2008 8:47:32 PM |
| From: "D.Duck" [Email Address Protection] |
I'm currently dual booting Vista and WinXP. I would like to delete Vista and keep XP. What is the proper way to remove Vista from the system? |
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| Subject: Re: Removing Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/9/2008 4:50:40 AM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
D.Duck wrote: > I'm currently dual booting Vista and WinXP. I would like to delete Vista > and keep XP. > > What is the proper way to remove Vista from the system? It depends on where you've installed both operating systems. Separate hard drives? Separate partitions? XP on C:\ and Vista on some other drive/partition? More details are needed to give you an accurate answer. How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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| Subject: Re: Removing Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/9/2008 5:27:09 AM |
| From: "D.Duck" [Email Address Protection] |
"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:%23BL8orcsIHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > D.Duck wrote: > >> I'm currently dual booting Vista and WinXP. I would like to delete Vista >> and keep XP. >> >> What is the proper way to remove Vista from the system? > > It depends on where you've installed both operating systems. Separate hard > drives? Separate partitions? XP on C:\ and Vista on some other > drive/partition? More details are needed to give you an accurate answer. > > How to Post: > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a > Question > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > Don't Panic! XP and Vista are on the same hard drive. XP was installed first on the C:\ partition. Sometime later Vista was installed on the D:\ partition. One thing I notice is that when Vista is running the two partition's letter designations are reversed from the original XP install. In other words, when XP is running the partition with XP's files are on the partition labeled C:\ and the Vista files are on D:\. When Vista is running the it's just the reverse. Thanks. |
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| Subject: Re: Removing Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/9/2008 5:56:20 AM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
D.Duck wrote: > XP and Vista are on the same hard drive. > > XP was installed first on the C:\ partition. Sometime later Vista was > installed on the D:\ partition. > > One thing I notice is that when Vista is running the two partition's > letter > designations are reversed from the original XP install. In other words, > when XP is running the partition with XP's files are on the partition > labeled C:\ and the Vista files are on D:\. When Vista is running the > it's just the reverse. The drive letter assignments will be different from within each operating system. The important thing is that XP is apparently on the first partition which means its boot files, currently not in use, are there too. Simply format your D:\ partition from within XP's Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management. Obviously you should have any data saved in Vista backed up elsewhere! Then reboot your computer with your XP install CD in the drive so you can get to the Recovery Console (command line). At the command line do: fixboot [enter] fixmbr [enter] exit [enter] Remove the CD and boot into XP. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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| Subject: Re: Removing Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/9/2008 6:09:10 AM |
| From: "D.Duck" [Email Address Protection] |
"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:%23oaeVQdsIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > D.Duck wrote: > >> XP and Vista are on the same hard drive. >> >> XP was installed first on the C:\ partition. Sometime later Vista was >> installed on the D:\ partition. >> >> One thing I notice is that when Vista is running the two partition's >> letter >> designations are reversed from the original XP install. In other words, >> when XP is running the partition with XP's files are on the partition >> labeled C:\ and the Vista files are on D:\. When Vista is running the >> it's just the reverse. > > The drive letter assignments will be different from within each operating > system. The important thing is that XP is apparently on the first > partition > which means its boot files, currently not in use, are there too. Simply > format your D:\ partition from within XP's Administrative Tools>Computer > Management>Disk Management. Obviously you should have any data saved in > Vista backed up elsewhere! Then reboot your computer with your XP install > CD in the drive so you can get to the Recovery Console (command line). At > the command line do: > > fixboot [enter] > fixmbr [enter] > exit [enter] > > Remove the CD and boot into XP. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > Don't Panic! Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. |
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