Hello,

I have upgraded to Vista from XP. I have a small HD (40gb) which gets maxed out extremely easy. So I wanted to install Vista again but on another drive (500gb). Shortly after everything is downloaded I removed the 40gb and it wouldnt boot.

It kept saying that there's no boot manager (?????).

I actually had to plug the 40gb back in and it worked. Showing Two OS as options to open. I can run the old OS off the 40 or run the new OS on the 500.

How can I totally eliminate the 40gb and run only on the 500?

Would I put in the "Vista Upgrade Disk" in the optical?

Hey Shawn,

I did what you asked. Disk Mangament -> 500gb to Active. Rebooted. with 40gb unpluged

Same thing. I placed the MS Vista DVD in the optical drive and it came to a green screen like it was to install Vista for me again .... But nothing popped up but my mouse arrow! (No text, photos, MS logo ... nothing)

Is this because I have an Vista Upgrade disc and not the Full Version?

I purchased the Upgrade OS.

I put this computer together myself with all the componets I purchased from Fry's.

Yeah, that is where the blank green screen comes into play.

Shawn,

It came thru! The Green screen that I was referring too, just took longer than i thought to get to the method 2 box. See below.



So, I tried it again, thinking I was doing something wrong. It took several minutes for this to pop-up.

Thanks for your help and your patience.