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Simple question, hard to find a clear answer - remove XP from Dual boot

Postby difelicem » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:51 am

Setup Dual Boot with.
Disk 1 = Windows XP
Disk 2 = Vista

Now that I'm using Vista 100% of the time now, I want to go to a single OS boot with Vista.

The problem is that everyone tells you how to setup Dual Boot with XP so that you can "Try" Vista but not what to do when you are ready to back to a single OS.

So how do reformat the old XP Disk and still be able to boot to Vista?
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Postby Grav!ty » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:57 am

Hi difelicem and welcome to PROnetworks.

1. Copy the folder Boot (and all contents) and bootmgr to the Vista drive,
2. boot to your BIOS and change your drive boot priority to be the Vista drive and then
3. run Startup repair by booting from the Vista DVD and selecting "Repair my Computer" at the Install now setup screen.

Once in Vista you should be able to format the XP drive without any problem as it will no longer be your boot System drive.
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Postby difelicem » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:35 pm

Thank you very much!!
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Postby JabbaPapa » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:35 pm

In Vista, go into the Easy Transfer Wizard (in Accessories in the Start Menu), and perform a full system backup, saving the file created to a safe non-system location.

shut down and reboot from Vista DVD ; clean install Vista, formatting the drive zero ; partition 1

Restore the full system backup ;)
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Postby JabbaPapa » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:36 pm

Either method is good BTW, it's just a difference in style :yesnod: :notworthy
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