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03-24-2008
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| | How change from dual boot to single boot Vista? XP is on 1st primary partition [active] and is old. Vista is on 2nd Primary partition and is new. Dual boot info, I believe, is all on the XP partition. Soon I will want to go to Vista only. Do I just delete the XP partition (after imaging it, of course!) and set Vista partition to active? (Paragon Partition Manager) Will it then automatically boot into Vista (which has no boot.ini)? Or do I have to do something else? tia! -- Kris ------------ DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@xxxxxx TtP0310 | | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@xxxxxx | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb | | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1 |
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03-24-2008
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| | Re: How change from dual boot to single boot Vista? Kris Go to the following website. This utility is free and easy to use. It makes what you need to do automatic. VistaBoot Pro http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Kris" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:178v9ecjy4yo0.dlg@xxxxxx Quote: > XP is on 1st primary partition [active] and is old. > > Vista is on 2nd Primary partition and is new. > > Dual boot info, I believe, is all on the XP partition. > > Soon I will want to go to Vista only. > > Do I just delete the XP partition (after imaging it, of course!) and set > Vista partition to active? (Paragon Partition Manager) > > Will it then automatically boot into Vista (which has no boot.ini)? > > Or do I have to do something else? > > tia! > -- > Kris > ------------ > DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@xxxxxx TtP0310 | > | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@xxxxxx | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb | > | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1 |
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03-24-2008
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| | Re: How change from dual boot to single boot Vista? On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:41:05 -0700, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote: Quote: > Kris > > Go to the following website. This utility is free and easy to use. It makes > what you need to do automatic. > > VistaBoot Pro > http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php (BCD registry backup), and poked and prodded a few other settings but nothing seemed to change the Vista partition. I told it to install system bootloader in the system partition and then found something in the /boot folder that had been modified. I have no idea how to tell whether boot in mbr is loading Vista first, or still going through the stuff on XP, other than by deleting the XP parrtition -- Kris ------------ DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@xxxxxx TtP0310 | | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@xxxxxx | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb | | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1 |
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03-24-2008
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| | Re: How change from dual boot to single boot Vista? On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:01:29 -0400, Kris wrote: Quote: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:41:05 -0700, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote: > Quote: >> Kris >> >> Go to the following website. This utility is free and easy to use. It makes >> what you need to do automatic. >> >> VistaBoot Pro >> http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php > Thanks. It was not at all obvious what to do with this. I backed it up > (BCD registry backup), and poked and prodded a few other settings but > nothing seemed to change the Vista partition. I told it to install system > bootloader in the system partition and then found something in the /boot > folder that had been modified. I have no idea how to tell whether boot in > mbr is loading Vista first, or still going through the stuff on XP, other > than by deleting the XP parrtition partition. -- Kris ------------ DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@xxxxxx TtP0310 | | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@xxxxxx | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb | | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1 |
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03-24-2008
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| | Re: How change from dual boot to single boot Vista? On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:19:54 -0400, Kris wrote: Quote: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:01:29 -0400, Kris wrote: > Quote: >> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:41:05 -0700, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote: >> Quote: >>> Kris >>> >>> Go to the following website. This utility is free and easy to use. It makes >>> what you need to do automatic. >>> >>> VistaBoot Pro >>> http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php >> Thanks. It was not at all obvious what to do with this. I backed it up >> (BCD registry backup), and poked and prodded a few other settings but >> nothing seemed to change the Vista partition. I told it to install system >> bootloader in the system partition and then found something in the /boot >> folder that had been modified. I have no idea how to tell whether boot in >> mbr is loading Vista first, or still going through the stuff on XP, other >> than by deleting the XP parrtition > nah, it's just changing stuff on the XP partition, nothing on the Vista > partition. It aoppears that the only way to fix that it to do a full Vista install. VISTABOOTPRO only affects the boot LOADER, not the MANAGER. Quote: > Windows Boot Manager Quote: > identifier {bootmgr} > Quote: > description Windows Boot Manager Quote: > locale en-US > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > > ------------------- Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > description Microsoft Windows Vista > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > Quote: > quietboot No > Quote: > move bootmgr from drive c to drive d said "Make D: active with disk manager, then shut down and remove C:. Boot the system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair." So I booted to Paragon, hid XP, set Vista to active, booted to VistaCD, did repair: first time it sait there were problems do I want it to fis it -0 yes - reboot. Second time I got into repair and did the top choice (no more "FIXBOOT"). details said it fixed the boot mgr. Reboot - NTLDR is missing. Repair really gives me no other usable choices, and there's no such thing as a recovery install, especially since there is no such thing as a slipstreamed CD for Vista, by design. I rebooted to Paragon CD, unhid XP, unactivated Vista, Activated XP, reboot fine into Vista. So I need a correct way to move boot MANAGER, or be told I have to re-install Vista. -- Kris ------------ DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@xxxxxx TtP0310 | | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@xxxxxx | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb | | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1 |
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03-26-2008
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| | Re: How change from dual boot to single boot Vista? On 25 Bře, 02:05, Kris <a...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:19:54 -0400, Kris wrote: Quote: > > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:01:29 -0400, Kris wrote: Quote: Quote: > >> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:41:05 -0700, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote: Quote: Quote: > >>> Kris Quote: Quote: > >>> Go to the following website. This utility is free and easy to use. It makes > >>> what you need to do automatic. Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: > >> Thanks. *It was not at all obvious what to do with this. *I backed it up > >> (BCD registry backup), and poked and prodded a few other settings but > >> nothing seemed to change the Vista partition. *I told it to install system > >> bootloader in the system partition and then found something in the /boot > >> folder that had been modified. *I have no idea how to tell whether boot in > >> mbr is loading Vista first, or still going through the stuff on XP, other > >> than by deleting the XP parrtition Quote: > > nah, it's just changing stuff on the XP partition, nothing on the Vista > > partition. > I am unable to move the boot manager - that's still on the XP partition. > It aoppears that the only way to fix that it to do a full Vista install. > VISTABOOTPRO only affects the boot LOADER, not the MANAGER.> Windows Boot Manager > > -------------------- > Quote: > > identifier * * * * * * *{bootmgr} > device * * * * * * * * *partition=D: > Quote: > > description * * * * * * Windows Boot Manager > > locale * * * * * * * * *en-US > inherit * * * * * * * * {globalsettings} > > default * * * * * * * * {current} > > displayorder * * * * * *{current} > > toolsdisplayorder * * * {memdiag} > > timeout * * * * * * * * 5 > > > > Windows Boot Loader > ------------------- > > identifier * * * * * * *{current} > > device * * * * * * * * *partition=C: > > path * * * * * * * * * *\Windows\system32\winload.exe > Quote: > > description * * * * * * Microsoft Windows Vista > locale * * * * * * * * *en-US > > inherit * * * * * * * * {bootloadersettings} > > bootdebug * * * * * * * No > > osdevice * * * * * * * *partition=C: > > systemroot * * * * * * *\Windows > > resumeobject * * * * * *{63588fcd-f636-11dc-bd8d-eb9902356c34} > > nx * * * * * * * * * * *OptIn > > pae * * * * * * * * * * ForceDisable > > vga * * * * * * * * * * No > Quote: > > quietboot * * * * * * * No > sos * * * * * * * * * * No > > debug * * * * * * * * * No > > http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...gr-drive-c-dri... > said "Make D: active with disk manager, then shut down and remove C:. Boot > the > system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair." > So I booted to Paragon, hid XP, set Vista to active, booted to VistaCD, did > repair: > first time it sait there were problems do I want it to fis it -0 yes - > reboot. > Second time I got into repair and did the top choice (no more "FIXBOOT"). > details said it fixed the boot mgr. > Reboot - NTLDR is missing. > Repair really gives me no other usable choices, and there's no such thing > as a recovery install, especially since there is no such thing as a > slipstreamed CD for Vista, by design. > > I rebooted to Paragon CD, unhid XP, unactivated Vista, Activated XP, reboot > fine into Vista. > > So I need a correct way to move boot MANAGER, or be told I have to > re-install Vista. > -- > Kris > ------------ > DFI *Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2...@xxxxxx TtP0310 | > | *2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@xxxxxx | MSI NX8600GTS-OC *256mb | > | Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1- Skrýt citovaný text - > > - Zobrazit citovaný text - |
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