Vista - Change default boot?

On a machine running XP I installed a separate drive and installed Vista on
that drive. The drive failed. Now, every reboot it tries to access the
missing drive. How do I edit the boot? Do I need to fixmbr or fixboot in
restore mode? Or is their a file I can edit. I know boot.ini is gone.

Thanks

Dave

If it is trying to find Vista, download VistaBoot Pro and use it to delete
the dead entry from the boot options menu. When the entries are down to one
the menu will no longer appear.

"Dave McGuriman" <dmcguriman@stoweaccess.com> wrote in message
news:12bgb48dphn3q1c@corp.supernews.com...
> On a machine running XP I installed a separate drive and installed Vista
> on that drive. The drive failed. Now, every reboot it tries to access
> the missing drive. How do I edit the boot? Do I need to fixmbr or
> fixboot in restore mode? Or is their a file I can edit. I know boot.ini
> is gone.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>

Thank you very much! I can't say it helped yet (in use) but I appreciate
the quick reply and advice. I'll post back with results.

Dave


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> If it is trying to find Vista, download VistaBoot Pro and use it to delete
> the dead entry from the boot options menu. When the entries are down to
> one the menu will no longer appear.
>
> "Dave McGuriman" <dmcguriman@stoweaccess.com> wrote in message
> news:12bgb48dphn3q1c@corp.supernews.com...
>> On a machine running XP I installed a separate drive and installed Vista
>> on that drive. The drive failed. Now, every reboot it tries to access
>> the missing drive. How do I edit the boot? Do I need to fixmbr or
>> fixboot in restore mode? Or is their a file I can edit. I know boot.ini
>> is gone.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
>

And the link is...
http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php
Sorry.

"Dave McGuriman" <dmcguriman@stoweaccess.com> wrote in message
news:12bgj2rfrjc9972@corp.supernews.com...
> Thank you very much! I can't say it helped yet (in use) but I appreciate
> the quick reply and advice. I'll post back with results.
>
> Dave
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:entNYO6pGHA.756@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> If it is trying to find Vista, download VistaBoot Pro and use it to
>> delete the dead entry from the boot options menu. When the entries are
>> down to one the menu will no longer appear.
>>
>> "Dave McGuriman" <dmcguriman@stoweaccess.com> wrote in message
>> news:12bgb48dphn3q1c@corp.supernews.com...
>>> On a machine running XP I installed a separate drive and installed Vista
>>> on that drive. The drive failed. Now, every reboot it tries to access
>>> the missing drive. How do I edit the boot? Do I need to fixmbr or
>>> fixboot in restore mode? Or is their a file I can edit. I know
>>> boot.ini is gone.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

There is also a guide with VBP 2 you might have seen which is pretty
helpful:

http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78186

CH


"Dave McGuriman" <dmcguriman@stoweaccess.com> wrote in message
news:12bgj2rfrjc9972@corp.supernews.com...
> Thank you very much! I can't say it helped yet (in use) but I appreciate
> the quick reply and advice. I'll post back with results.
>
> Dave
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:entNYO6pGHA.756@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> If it is trying to find Vista, download VistaBoot Pro and use it to
>> delete the dead entry from the boot options menu. When the entries are
>> down to one the menu will no longer appear.
>>
>> "Dave McGuriman" <dmcguriman@stoweaccess.com> wrote in message
>> news:12bgb48dphn3q1c@corp.supernews.com...
>>> On a machine running XP I installed a separate drive and installed Vista
>>> on that drive. The drive failed. Now, every reboot it tries to access
>>> the missing drive. How do I edit the boot? Do I need to fixmbr or
>>> fixboot in restore mode? Or is their a file I can edit. I know
>>> boot.ini is gone.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>>
>
>