Vista - lost my dual-boot...

Trying out some software, the Webroot antivirus/spyware SpySweeper package,
I found the product unacceptable for my needs. So I removed it/uninstalled
it. It requires a reboot when you do so.

Upon the reboot I no longer had my dual-boot: XP Pro on my C drive, Vista
ultimate on my F drive, although all of my data on both drives was still
there.

What is the easiest way of recovering my dual boots?

Thanks!

Ross

On Jun 2, 10:26 pm, "Ross M. Greenberg" <green...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> Trying out some software, the Webroot antivirus/spyware SpySweeper package,
> I found the product unacceptable for my needs. So I removed it/uninstalled
> it. It requires a reboot when you do so.
>
> Upon the reboot I no longer had my dual-boot: XP Pro on my C drive, Vista
> ultimate on my F drive, although all of my data on both drives was still
> there.
>
> What is the easiest way of recovering my dual boots?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ross


Download and install EasyBCD: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

Run it and from the "add/remove entries" section add the missing entry
(be it XP or Vista).

Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
> Trying out some software, the Webroot antivirus/spyware SpySweeper package,
> I found the product unacceptable for my needs. So I removed it/uninstalled
> it. It requires a reboot when you do so.
>
> Upon the reboot I no longer had my dual-boot: XP Pro on my C drive, Vista
> ultimate on my F drive, although all of my data on both drives was still
> there.
>
> What is the easiest way of recovering my dual boots?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ross
>
>
>
Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
Frank

> Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
> Frank

Worked like a champ! Thanks! Now, I have "Earlier Version of Windows"
(XP), and *2* Vistas (marked 'recovered'). I only need one , I figger. How
do I get rid of the un-needed one

Simultaneously with my dual boot going away, the other members of my LAN
seem to have disappeared from Network, although their content is available
by name..........whatinhell did
SpySweeper do, I wonder?

Ross M. Greenberg wrote:

>>Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
>>Frank
>
>
> Worked like a champ! Thanks! Now, I have "Earlier Version of Windows"
> (XP), and *2* Vistas (marked 'recovered'). I only need one , I figger. How
> do I get rid of the un-needed one
>
> Simultaneously with my dual boot going away, the other members of my LAN
> seem to have disappeared from Network, although their content is available
> by name..........whatinhell did
> SpySweeper do, I wonder?
>
>
Suggest you dl EasyBCD from:

www.neosmart.net

It'll be under software.

From there delete the boot entry you don't want or need.
Frank

"Ross M. Greenberg" wrote
>
>> Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
>> Frank
>
> Worked like a champ! Thanks! Now, I have "Earlier Version of Windows"
> (XP), and *2* Vistas (marked 'recovered'). I only need one , I figger.
> How do I get rid of the un-needed one
>
> Simultaneously with my dual boot going away, the other members of my LAN
> seem to have disappeared from Network, although their content is available
> by name..........whatinhell did
> SpySweeper do, I wonder?

VistaBootPro is another option to remove the invalid entry.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Frank" <fb@nospam.cmm> wrote in message
news:Oj4Of1VpHHA.4112@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
>
>>>Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
>>>Frank
>>
>>
>> Worked like a champ! Thanks! Now, I have "Earlier Version of Windows"
>> (XP), and *2* Vistas (marked 'recovered'). I only need one , I figger.
>> How do I get rid of the un-needed one
>>
>> Simultaneously with my dual boot going away, the other members of my LAN
>> seem to have disappeared from Network, although their content is
>> available by name..........whatinhell did
>> SpySweeper do, I wonder?
>>
>>
> Suggest you dl EasyBCD from:
>
> www.neosmart.net
>
> It'll be under software.
>
> From there delete the boot entry you don't want or need.
> Frank


It was and it did the trick! Good software -- Thanks!

Ross

"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:%23NO9VeWpHHA.4552@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Ross M. Greenberg" wrote
>>
>>> Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
>>> Frank
>>
>> Worked like a champ! Thanks! Now, I have "Earlier Version of Windows"
>> (XP), and *2* Vistas (marked 'recovered'). I only need one , I figger.
>> How do I get rid of the un-needed one
>>
>> Simultaneously with my dual boot going away, the other members of my LAN
>> seem to have disappeared from Network, although their content is
>> available by name..........whatinhell did
>> SpySweeper do, I wonder?
>
> VistaBootPro is another option to remove the invalid entry.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


Hay, Rock!

The suffix "-pro" implies it costs something. My fingers are opposed to
that......

Ross

Ross M. Greenberg wrote:

> "Frank" <fb@nospam.cmm> wrote in message
> news:Oj4Of1VpHHA.4112@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Simply boot from your Vista DVD and select repair startup.
>>>>Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>Worked like a champ! Thanks! Now, I have "Earlier Version of Windows"
>>>(XP), and *2* Vistas (marked 'recovered'). I only need one , I figger.
>>>How do I get rid of the un-needed one
>>>
>>>Simultaneously with my dual boot going away, the other members of my LAN
>>>seem to have disappeared from Network, although their content is
>>>available by name..........whatinhell did
>>>SpySweeper do, I wonder?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Suggest you dl EasyBCD from:
>>
>>www.neosmart.net
>>
>>It'll be under software.
>>
>>From there delete the boot entry you don't want or need.
>>Frank
>
>
>
> It was and it did the trick! Good software -- Thanks!
>
> Ross
>
>
Glad it worked!
Frank

>>
>> It was and it did the trick! Good software -- Thanks!
>>
>> Ross
>>
>>
> Glad it worked!
> Frank


Me, too! Now to try to get my network browsing to work: the userID/loginID
and password on both the remote machine and my local machine are the same.
I can access all the files by UNC name. However, the machine name as well
as their attached printers (and my ability to browse on the machines)
disappeared simultaneously with my uninstall of the Webroot product (which
also killed my dual-boot menu!)

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ross