I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:

1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS installed
on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the "boot"
directory containing the BCD files.
2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed on
the machine.
3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy here
instead).

I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases, the
Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I am
afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear of
not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the sole
OS?

Thanks

Dan

Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Dan" wrote:

| I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:
|
| 1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS installed
| on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the "boot"
| directory containing the BCD files.
| 2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed on
| the machine.
| 3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
| error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy here
| instead).
|
| I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
| fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
| them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases, the
| Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I am
| afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear of
| not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the sole
| OS?
|
| Thanks
|
| Dan

Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/


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"Dan" wrote:

| I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:
|
| 1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS installed
| on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the "boot"
| directory containing the BCD files.
| 2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed on
| the machine.
| 3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
| error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy here
| instead).
|
| I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
| fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
| them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases, the
| Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I am
| afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear of
| not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the sole
| OS?
|
| Thanks
|
| Dan

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
>

Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't take.

Dan

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
>

Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't take.

Dan

Hi Dan,

Are there any IDE drives connected? Also, I'd try it without the 2nd SATA
drive attached (just unplug the two cables while it's shut down).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uTIIDmgKHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>
>>
>
> Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't take.
>
> Dan
>

Hi Dan,

Are there any IDE drives connected? Also, I'd try it without the 2nd SATA
drive attached (just unplug the two cables while it's shut down).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uTIIDmgKHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>
>>
>
> Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't take.
>
> Dan
>

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Omr1bghKHHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dan,
>
> Are there any IDE drives connected? Also, I'd try it without the 2nd SATA
> drive attached (just unplug the two cables while it's shut down).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Funny you should ask! Yes, there are 2 ide drives, however they are storage
only (no os's) so I didn't think they'd matter. I wondered about
disconnecting the other SATA as well, thanks for the tip.

Dan

>
> "Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
> news:4aOdnXZjC6OJkw7YnZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uTIIDmgKHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carey Frisch
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows Shell/User
>>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't take.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Omr1bghKHHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dan,
>
> Are there any IDE drives connected? Also, I'd try it without the 2nd SATA
> drive attached (just unplug the two cables while it's shut down).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Funny you should ask! Yes, there are 2 ide drives, however they are storage
only (no os's) so I didn't think they'd matter. I wondered about
disconnecting the other SATA as well, thanks for the tip.

Dan

>
> "Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
> news:4aOdnXZjC6OJkw7YnZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uTIIDmgKHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carey Frisch
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows Shell/User
>>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't take.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>

Hi Dan,

It seems to be a an issue with Vista that if IDE drives are installed, it
buggers with writing the bootstrap code to SATA drives. You may want to
check and see if Vista setup wrote the bootloader to one of them instead. It
would explain why running fixmbr/fixboot on the SATA drive didn't do
anything.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
news:fMudndNgzLzljg7YnZ2dnUVZ_o-knZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:Omr1bghKHHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Are there any IDE drives connected? Also, I'd try it without the 2nd SATA
>> drive attached (just unplug the two cables while it's shut down).
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> Funny you should ask! Yes, there are 2 ide drives, however they are
> storage only (no os's) so I didn't think they'd matter. I wondered about
> disconnecting the other SATA as well, thanks for the tip.
>
> Dan
>
>>
>> "Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
>> news:4aOdnXZjC6OJkw7YnZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uTIIDmgKHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Carey Frisch
>>>> Microsoft MVP
>>>> Windows Shell/User
>>>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't
>>> take.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>
>
>

Hi Dan,

It seems to be a an issue with Vista that if IDE drives are installed, it
buggers with writing the bootstrap code to SATA drives. You may want to
check and see if Vista setup wrote the bootloader to one of them instead. It
would explain why running fixmbr/fixboot on the SATA drive didn't do
anything.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:Omr1bghKHHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Are there any IDE drives connected? Also, I'd try it without the 2nd SATA
>> drive attached (just unplug the two cables while it's shut down).
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> Funny you should ask! Yes, there are 2 ide drives, however they are
> storage only (no os's) so I didn't think they'd matter. I wondered about
> disconnecting the other SATA as well, thanks for the tip.
>
> Dan
>
>>
>> "Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
>> news:4aOdnXZjC6OJkw7YnZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uTIIDmgKHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Use VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Carey Frisch
>>>> Microsoft MVP
>>>> Windows Shell/User
>>>> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
>>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, I'll give it a try. Still wonder why the boot fixes didn't
>>> take.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>
>
>

An alternative method is this (in addition to disconnecting the 2nd SATA
drive):

In order to safely remove Vista and get back that Windows XP’s bootloader,
perform the following steps:-

Boot into Windows XP
Open Command Prompt. To open command prompt click ‘Start’ > ‘Run’. Type ‘cmd’
without quotes and press OK.
Type ‘cd c:\boot\’ , (where ‘c:’ is your Windows XP’s installation drive)
without quotes and press Enter key.
Now type the command ‘fixntfs -xp’ without quotes and press Enter key.
Restart the machine. Windows XP’s bootloader should be back now.
Save any data that you wish to keep from the Windows Vista partition by
copying it into the Windows XP’s partition.
Now lets format the Windows Vista partition. If you do not wish to format
your Vista partition, but just delete the Vista files, skip to step 10. Go
to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
Click on Disk Management.
Right click the Windows Vista’s partition and click Format and follow the
instructions.
If you do not wish to format your partition and just wish to delete the
Windows Vista’s folders, you can follow the steps given in “Permission
denied” - Data recovery in Windows XP. Follow the steps that talk about
taking ownership of the data/ folders to take ownership of Windows Vista’s
folders. One you have taken the ownership of the Windows Vista folders you
will be able to delete them.

CH


"Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:
>
> 1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS
> installed on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the
> "boot" directory containing the BCD files.
> 2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed
> on the machine.
> 3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
> error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy
> here instead).
>
> I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
> fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
> them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases,
> the Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I
> am afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear
> of not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the
> sole OS?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>

An alternative method is this (in addition to disconnecting the 2nd SATA
drive):

In order to safely remove Vista and get back that Windows XP’s bootloader,
perform the following steps:-

Boot into Windows XP
Open Command Prompt. To open command prompt click ‘Start’ > ‘Run’. Type ‘cmd’
without quotes and press OK.
Type ‘cd c:\boot\’ , (where ‘c:’ is your Windows XP’s installation drive)
without quotes and press Enter key.
Now type the command ‘fixntfs -xp’ without quotes and press Enter key.
Restart the machine. Windows XP’s bootloader should be back now.
Save any data that you wish to keep from the Windows Vista partition by
copying it into the Windows XP’s partition.
Now lets format the Windows Vista partition. If you do not wish to format
your Vista partition, but just delete the Vista files, skip to step 10. Go
to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
Click on Disk Management.
Right click the Windows Vista’s partition and click Format and follow the
instructions.
If you do not wish to format your partition and just wish to delete the
Windows Vista’s folders, you can follow the steps given in “Permission
denied” - Data recovery in Windows XP. Follow the steps that talk about
taking ownership of the data/ folders to take ownership of Windows Vista’s
folders. One you have taken the ownership of the Windows Vista folders you
will be able to delete them.

CH


"Dan" <none********.com> wrote in message
news:n-KdndpbKtVhaA_YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:
>
> 1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS
> installed on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the
> "boot" directory containing the BCD files.
> 2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed
> on the machine.
> 3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
> error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy
> here instead).
>
> I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
> fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
> them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases,
> the Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I
> am afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear
> of not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the
> sole OS?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>

Put the Vista DVD in the drive and open a cod prompt as administrator.
run: X:\boot\bootsect /nt52 c: /Force Where X is the driveletter from yor
DVD drive.

You will get error hence the /force in the cmd because the bootsector is in
use, after a reboot you will be back to the XP boot only.

Ko.

"Dan" <none********.com> schreef in bericht
news:n-KdndpbKtVhaA_YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:
>
> 1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS
> installed on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the
> "boot" directory containing the BCD files.
> 2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed
> on the machine.
> 3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
> error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy
> here instead).
>
> I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
> fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
> them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases,
> the Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I
> am afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear
> of not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the
> sole OS?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>

Put the Vista DVD in the drive and open a cod prompt as administrator.
run: X:\boot\bootsect /nt52 c: /Force Where X is the driveletter from yor
DVD drive.

You will get error hence the /force in the cmd because the bootsector is in
use, after a reboot you will be back to the XP boot only.

Ko.

"Dan" <none********.com> schreef in bericht
news:n-KdndpbKtVhaA_YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I have a 2 hdd system with 3 OS's:
>
> 1) XP on C:\, the 1st partition of SATA hdd 1. This was the 1st OS
> installed on the newly build machine. This is the partition which has the
> "boot" directory containing the BCD files.
> 2) Vista on J:\, partition one of my 2nd SATA drive. The 2nd OS installed
> on the machine.
> 3) Vista on F:\, partition 3 of SATA drive 1 (this installation was an
> error, I meant to replace the Vista J:\, but it installed a fresh copy
> here instead).
>
> I want to remove Vista entirely. I have tried running fixmbr followed by
> fixboot from the repair console, directing it to C:\. Also tried running
> them in the opposite order (fixboot followed by fixmbr). In both cases,
> the Vista boot menu still appears as it did before I ran these repairs. I
> am afraid to wipe the Vista partitions under these circumstances, for fear
> of not being able to boot into XP. How can I restore boot.ini & XP as the
> sole OS?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>