I have a new Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo laptop with OEM Vista Home Basic.
I have not previously used Vista, but I have used most versions of
Windows from 3.1 on. I installed Linux Ubuntu under a dual-boot with
the GRUB menu installed by Ubuntu. I now want to remove the Linux and
go back to the original direct boot into Vista.

If I remove the Linux OS and the GRUB menu, Vista will not boot. (I
know, I have already tried.) I will be able boot Vista using a utility
called Supergrub, which, in the case of an XP, setup will also restore
a Windows direct boot (option called "Fix Boot of Windows") but this
option does not work with Vista..

On my desktop, where I run XP, I can restore a single Windows boot
either by using the Supergrub utility or by booting the OEM XP setup
disk, running the text based "Repair" option and using the command
"FIXMBR". But if I try to boot this setup disk in my laptop it asks
for a password, which I do not have. The OEM Vista disk boots directly
into Vista graphic setup.

I Googled and found I can use something called bootrec.exe, but I have
not been able to find it.

TIA

Rob

It's OK I found the answer here:

[url]http://www.planetmy.com/blog/how-to-fixmbr-using-windows-vista-bootable-disk/[/url]

I'll repost if it doesn't work.

On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:36:21 +0100, Rob <f8YRm9@spambobDELETETHIS.net>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have a new Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo laptop with OEM Vista Home Basic.
>I have not previously used Vista, but I have used most versions of
>Windows from 3.1 on. I installed Linux Ubuntu under a dual-boot with
>the GRUB menu installed by Ubuntu. I now want to remove the Linux and
>go back to the original direct boot into Vista.
>
>If I remove the Linux OS and the GRUB menu, Vista will not boot. (I
>know, I have already tried.) I will be able boot Vista using a utility
>called Supergrub, which, in the case of an XP, setup will also restore
>a Windows direct boot (option called "Fix Boot of Windows") but this
>option does not work with Vista..
>
>On my desktop, where I run XP, I can restore a single Windows boot
>either by using the Supergrub utility or by booting the OEM XP setup
>disk, running the text based "Repair" option and using the command
>"FIXMBR". But if I try to boot this setup disk in my laptop it asks
>for a password, which I do not have. The OEM Vista disk boots directly
>into Vista graphic setup.
>
>I Googled and found I can use something called bootrec.exe, but I have
>not been able to find it.
>
>TIA
>
>Rob[/color]

Download and install VistaBootPRO. It has an option to create a new Vista
boot loader.

[url]http://www.vistabootpro.org/[/url]

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
[url]http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/[/url]



"Rob" <f8YRm9@spambobDELETETHIS.net> wrote in message
news:2kk034d1ov522rc7ec99r7ouvgquh2qcb5@4ax.com...[color=blue]
>I have a new Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo laptop with OEM Vista Home Basic.
> I have not previously used Vista, but I have used most versions of
> Windows from 3.1 on. I installed Linux Ubuntu under a dual-boot with
> the GRUB menu installed by Ubuntu. I now want to remove the Linux and
> go back to the original direct boot into Vista.
>
> If I remove the Linux OS and the GRUB menu, Vista will not boot. (I
> know, I have already tried.) I will be able boot Vista using a utility
> called Supergrub, which, in the case of an XP, setup will also restore
> a Windows direct boot (option called "Fix Boot of Windows") but this
> option does not work with Vista..
>
> On my desktop, where I run XP, I can restore a single Windows boot
> either by using the Supergrub utility or by booting the OEM XP setup
> disk, running the text based "Repair" option and using the command
> "FIXMBR". But if I try to boot this setup disk in my laptop it asks
> for a password, which I do not have. The OEM Vista disk boots directly
> into Vista graphic setup.
>
> I Googled and found I can use something called bootrec.exe, but I have
> not been able to find it.
>
> TIA
>
> Rob[/color]