Solved Two versions of Vista on boot manager

billr

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This past week, I was having problems with my pc freezing. Took it in for a diognostic and everything came back fine. They said it was a Vista problem.

So, I reinstalled the operating system disk and put windows back on the PC.

Now when I turn on my PC I get the Windows Boot Manager screen asking to choose operationg system to star with two versions of Vista to choose from. The first on the list is the rebooted (new) version. If I click on the second one, it is my old version with all my old files and programs.

Funny thing is, I am not having any issues with the old version any more.(YET)

Is there anyway to get rid of the rebooted (new) version windows so I can stop getting the windows boot manager whenever I start the PC? I rather keep using the version with all my old programs and files since it seems to be fine.
 

My Computer

I sort of answered part of my question by browsing the forums. I was able to stop the boot manager from coming up on restart by going to msconfig:boot: and setting the OS I wanted as by current and default. I then deleted the OS I did not want from the same menu.

Should I still delete that other version of Vista from the hard drive since it will not be used?
 

My Computer

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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