Reverting to Vista Only
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Reverting to Vista Only
by goodbyeXP » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:58 pm
Machine was delivered with Vista Only.
I needed XP for a while.
I have forgotten how exactly I did it, but I think first I installed XP onto a separate partition, then installed VistaBootPro on XP and had it reinstall the Vista Boot loader with the BCDs so I could dual boot.
Now I want to get rid of XP and revert the machine to original state.
I'm unsure how to proceed. Do I just go into Vista and remove the XP partition?
Reason to be careful is: I have a HP with the QuickPlay option that used to boot Vista "partway" enough to play a DVD.
This feature stopped working when I installed VistaBootPro. I am hoping to regain that feature.
-Thanks for your help.
Re: Reverting to Vista Only
by goodbyeXP » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:08 pm
I should have mentioned that I must have used the backup option of VistaBootLoader - to make a backup of my original MBR.
I found some files data 2 years ago:
2542007.mbr 1 KB
vista_bootloader.bcd 28 KB
vista_bootloader.bcd.LOG1 0 KB
vista_bootloader.bcd.LOG2 0 KB
Not sure how they figure in just yet.
-Thanks
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Re: Reverting to Vista Only
by JabbaPapa » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:48 am
Assuming that you're remembering correctly, it should be a simple matter of using VBP to remove the legacy boot option, test it to make sure it works, and then just remove the XP data from your system.
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