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| 03-25-2008 | #1 |
| | How move Vista boot MANAGER? I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. -- 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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| 03-25-2008 | #2 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? In article <17322sp97e1bo.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: > I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, > but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP > partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it > boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. bootindicator in the MBR at the Vista-partition. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Weer veel vernieuwd! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. |
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| 03-25-2008 | #3 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:15:11 +0100, Jawade wrote: Quote: > In article <17322sp97e1bo.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: >> I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, >> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP >> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it >> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. > Put the bootfiles from Vista at the Vista-partition and set the > bootindicator in the MBR at the Vista-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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| 03-25-2008 | #4 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? These websites should cover it: http://pcproblems.wordpress.com/2007...vista-machine/ http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista (last 2 paragraphs) http://www.syschat.com/remove-xp-xp-...boot-1927.html *TimDaniels* "Kris" wrote: Quote: >I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, > but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP > partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it > boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. > -- > Kris |
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| 03-25-2008 | #5 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:43 -0700, Timothy Daniels wrote: Quote: > These websites should cover it: > http://pcproblems.wordpress.com/2007...vista-machine/ > > http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista > (last 2 paragraphs) > > http://www.syschat.com/remove-xp-xp-...boot-1927.html > > *TimDaniels* > > "Kris" wrote: Quote: >>I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, >> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP >> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it >> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. >> -- >> Kris even after all that, the boot MANAGER is still on D (the XP partition) - even when that partition has been deleted. And the last time I booted into the Vista CD, it couldn't find Vista at all. If I put XP back in, it boots just fine. I know of no other way than to completely re-install Vista withoug XP present on the system - what a pain. Should have done that initially and used a 3rd party booter. -- 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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| 03-25-2008 | #6 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? In article <14v431r4i3ctq.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:15:11 +0100, Jawade wrote: > Quote: > > In article <17322sp97e1bo.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: > >> I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, > >> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP > >> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it > >> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. > > Put the bootfiles from Vista at the Vista-partition and set the > > bootindicator in the MBR at the Vista-partition. > how? The location for the first partition is 0x01BE and for the second 0x01CE, active is the value 0x80. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Weer veel vernieuwd! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. |
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| 03-25-2008 | #7 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? In article <1kjmqjlplzsz3$.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:43 -0700, Timothy Daniels wrote: > Quote: > > These websites should cover it: > > http://pcproblems.wordpress.com/2007...vista-machine/ > > > > http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista > > (last 2 paragraphs) > > > > http://www.syschat.com/remove-xp-xp-...boot-1927.html > > > > *TimDaniels* > > > > "Kris" wrote: Quote: > >>I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, > >> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP > >> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it > >> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. > >> -- > >> Kris > Well, they all look very interesting and I had high hopes for /fixboot, but > even after all that, the boot MANAGER is still on D (the XP partition) - > even when that partition has been deleted. And the last time I booted into > the Vista CD, it couldn't find Vista at all. If I put XP back in, it boots > just fine. > > I know of no other way than to completely re-install Vista withoug XP > present on the system - what a pain. Should have done that initially and > used a 3rd party booter. at the partition of your choice. Even if you remove the bootmanager, the choosen partition stays active. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Weer veel vernieuwd! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. |
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| 03-25-2008 | #8 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? Boot.ini on the XP partition "refers" to the boot manager when Vista is selected via the dual boot menu.. If not familiar with BCDedit consider a third party boot utility such a VistaBootPro to provide for booting ditectly into Vista, "Jawade" <Henk_Jawade@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:MPG.22536e9f47ba3cd3989841@xxxxxx Quote: > In article <14v431r4i3ctq.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: >> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:15:11 +0100, Jawade wrote: >> Quote: >> > In article <17322sp97e1bo.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... >> >> I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate >> >> XP, >> >> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the >> >> XP >> >> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it >> >> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. >> > >> > Put the bootfiles from Vista at the Vista-partition and set the >> > bootindicator in the MBR at the Vista-partition. >> how? > With a diskeditor you can set the bootindicator at the Vista-partition. > The location for the first partition is 0x01BE and for the second > 0x01CE, active is the value 0x80. > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Weer veel vernieuwd! > http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ > Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, > DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. |
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| 03-25-2008 | #9 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:21:24 +0100, Jawade wrote: Quote: > In article <1kjmqjlplzsz3$.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: >> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:43 -0700, Timothy Daniels wrote: >> Quote: >>> These websites should cover it: >>> http://pcproblems.wordpress.com/2007...vista-machine/ >>> >>> http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista >>> (last 2 paragraphs) >>> >>> http://www.syschat.com/remove-xp-xp-...boot-1927.html >>> >>> *TimDaniels* >>> >>> "Kris" wrote: >>>>I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, >>>> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP >>>> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it >>>> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. >>>> -- >>>> Kris >> Well, they all look very interesting and I had high hopes for /fixboot, but >> even after all that, the boot MANAGER is still on D (the XP partition) - >> even when that partition has been deleted. And the last time I booted into >> the Vista CD, it couldn't find Vista at all. If I put XP back in, it boots >> just fine. >> >> I know of no other way than to completely re-install Vista withoug XP >> present on the system - what a pain. Should have done that initially and >> used a 3rd party booter. > My bootmanager HWBOOT can help you too. It sets the bootindicator > at the partition of your choice. Even if you remove the bootmanager, > the choosen partition stays active. problems. The Vista BCD points to the XP partition for Windows boot manager and windows memory testor, and I know of no way to change those silly settings inside the BCD. I have 2 BCD editors and they only allow me to change the location of the boot loader. So no matter what I do, when I take the XP partition away, Vista can't boot. -- 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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| 03-25-2008 | #10 |
| | Re: How move Vista boot MANAGER? In article <1n2rejoyx13u$.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:21:24 +0100, Jawade wrote: > Quote: > > In article <1kjmqjlplzsz3$.dlg@xxxxxx>, Kris <a@xxxxxx> says... Quote: > >> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:43 -0700, Timothy Daniels wrote: > >> > >>> These websites should cover it: > >>> http://pcproblems.wordpress.com/2007...vista-machine/ > >>> > >>> http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista > >>> (last 2 paragraphs) > >>> > >>> http://www.syschat.com/remove-xp-xp-...boot-1927.html > >>> > >>> *TimDaniels* > >>> > >>> "Kris" wrote: > >>>>I ran XP, I installed Vista to the next partition, I want to eliminate XP, > >>>> but the Vista boot MANAGER is on the XP partition. I tried hiding the XP > >>>> partition, booting the Vista CD and doing a repair (twice) but when it > >>>> boots, it tells me NTLDR is missing. > >>>> -- > >>>> Kris > >> > >> Well, they all look very interesting and I had high hopes for /fixboot, but > >> even after all that, the boot MANAGER is still on D (the XP partition) - > >> even when that partition has been deleted. And the last time I booted into > >> the Vista CD, it couldn't find Vista at all. If I put XP back in, it boots > >> just fine. > >> > >> I know of no other way than to completely re-install Vista withoug XP > >> present on the system - what a pain. Should have done that initially and > >> used a 3rd party booter. > > My bootmanager HWBOOT can help you too. It sets the bootindicator > > at the partition of your choice. Even if you remove the bootmanager, > > the choosen partition stays active. > Thanks for your help, but it's not the boot indicator that is causing me > problems. The Vista BCD points to the XP partition for Windows boot > manager and windows memory testor, and I know of no way to change those > silly settings inside the BCD. I have 2 BCD editors and they only allow me > to change the location of the boot loader. So no matter what I do, when I > take the XP partition away, Vista can't boot. partition. Believe it or not, if you change the bootindicator, your ptoblem is over. The bootindicator sends 'him' to the partition where he starts from. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Weer veel vernieuwd! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. |
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