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06-11-2006
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| | uninstalling vista how do i uninstall windows vista. i am running a dual boot. vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, right click it, click Format. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > how do i uninstall windows vista. > i am running a dual boot. > vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like to keep. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, > right click it, click Format. > -- > -- > Andre > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta > > "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> how do i uninstall windows vista. >> i am running a dual boot. >> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >> > > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting XP. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, > right click it, click Format. > -- > -- > Andre > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta > > "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> how do i uninstall windows vista. >> i am running a dual boot. >> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >> > > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23OWcumZjGHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just booting > XP. > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, >> right click it, click Format. >> -- >> -- >> Andre >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta >> >> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> how do i uninstall windows vista. >>> i am running a dual boot. >>> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >>> >> >> > > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, then move the data back. Jonah On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote: >a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like >to keep. >"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, >> right click it, click Format. >> -- >> -- >> Andre >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta >> >> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> how do i uninstall windows vista. >>> i am running a dual boot. >>> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >>> >> >> > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista. "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message news:eucaHrZjGHA.4504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i > installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. > "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23OWcumZjGHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just >> booting XP. >> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, >>> right click it, click Format. >>> -- >>> -- >>> Andre >>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com >>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com >>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre >>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta >>> >>> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> how do i uninstall windows vista. >>>> i am running a dual boot. >>>> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista its like 6GB "jonah" <jonah123@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news  f1p829tpouo68k73h8pqdrrtjr7equkrj@4ax.com...> > Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, > then move the data back. > > Jonah > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" > <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote: > >>a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like >>to keep. >>"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, >>> right click it, click Format. >>> -- >>> -- >>> Andre >>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com >>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com >>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre >>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta >>> >>> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> how do i uninstall windows vista. >>>> i am running a dual boot. >>>> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >>>> >>> >>> >> > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista how do i go back to boot.ini and just to having xp on the system? (without reformating the 2nd hard disk to which i have vista installed to) "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message news:u5JdMzZjGHA.4504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Vista does not use boot.ini. Download VistaBootPro to the XP system and > use it to edit the BCD store to remove the entry for Vista. > > "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:eucaHrZjGHA.4504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> what happened to the boot.ini file? it seems to have disapeared when i >> installed vista on the 2nd hard drive. >> "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:%23OWcumZjGHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> That parts easy. How do I get the boot manager to go back to just >>> booting XP. >>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, >>>> right click it, click Format. >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Andre >>>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com >>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com >>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre >>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta >>>> >>>> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message >>>> news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>> how do i uninstall windows vista. >>>>> i am running a dual boot. >>>>> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > |
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06-11-2006
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| | Re: uninstalling vista *6gb worth of data to copy over to my pc. "jonah" <jonah123@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news f1p829tpouo68k73h8pqdrrtjr7equkrj@4ax.com...> > Copy the Data you want to keep off the partition first then format it, > then move the data back. > > Jonah > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:45:05 -0400, "Steven Wabik" > <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote: > >>a different way please. i have other data on the disk to that i would like >>to keep. >>"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>news:ukck0dZjGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Boot into XP, open My Computer, select the drive Vista is installed on, >>> right click it, click Format. >>> -- >>> -- >>> Andre >>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com >>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com >>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre >>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta >>> >>> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:egTNBPZjGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> how do i uninstall windows vista. >>>> i am running a dual boot. >>>> vista is on a 2nd removable hard disk >>>> >>> >>> >> > |
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