Vista - remove XP

Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the XP.
I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
How can i restore my boot configuration.
Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...

NOTE:

HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp

HDD2
----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1

Hi praveen :-)

If you are only going to have the Vista installed, then boot into Vista, and
if you haven't laready, download and install the VistaBoot Pro from here in
Vista.
http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
Once it is installed on Vista, open VistaBoot Pro and click on Manage drives
and you should see both the XP and Vista listed. You can remove (delete) the
XP from the list, or click on the Restore Vista bootloader. However, I
would advise you to wait until you have removed the XP from the hard drive
to do so, just in case. Once XP is fully removed, then deleted it from the
list, and click on Restore Vista bootloader. You should then have only one
listed, and you should boot straight into Vista,

Howewer, if it does not work as you wish after XP is removed, then put the
Vista install disk in the DVD ROM and let it boot up, then do a Repair of
the Startup. That should get you back to the Vista bootup only.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE




> Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
> Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the XP.
> I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
> How can i restore my boot configuration.
> Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>
> NOTE:
>
> HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
> ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>
> HDD2
> ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>
>
>
>

Thanks a lot..............
But this solved only my half problem......i want that HDD having vista
should be stand-alone(boot without older HDD)
Also another problem....the HDD having vista has a corrupted copy of
GRUB
boot-loader. Is it possible to overwrite that by vista boot-loader?
Please help me!!!!!! Advance thanks.......


"Jan Ilacqua [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi praveen :-)
>
> If you are only going to have the Vista installed, then boot into Vista, and
> if you haven't laready, download and install the VistaBoot Pro from here in
> Vista.
> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
> Once it is installed on Vista, open VistaBoot Pro and click on Manage drives
> and you should see both the XP and Vista listed. You can remove (delete) the
> XP from the list, or click on the Restore Vista bootloader. However, I
> would advise you to wait until you have removed the XP from the hard drive
> to do so, just in case. Once XP is fully removed, then deleted it from the
> list, and click on Restore Vista bootloader. You should then have only one
> listed, and you should boot straight into Vista,
>
> Howewer, if it does not work as you wish after XP is removed, then put the
> Vista install disk in the DVD ROM and let it boot up, then do a Repair of
> the Startup. That should get you back to the Vista bootup only.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jan
> MS MVP - Windows IE
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
> > Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the XP.
> > I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
> > How can i restore my boot configuration.
> > Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
> >
> > NOTE:
> >
> > HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
> > ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
> >
> > HDD2
> > ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Hi, Praveen.

No matter which volume you "install" Vista (or WinXP) on, it will ALWAYS put
its boot-up files in the System Partition, which is the Active (bootable)
primary partition on the HDD designated in the BIOS as the first boot device
at the time Vista Setup is run. So, if your first HDD was the boot device
when you installed Vista, that's where the boot-up files are, even if most
of Vista is in G:\Windows. When you remove that first HDD, you also remove
that System Partition - and the computer has no idea how to boot Vista - or
anything else.

There are several ways to get to where you want to be from where you are.
Probably the simplest is to first use Disk Management (from either WinXP or
Vista) to make sure that the primary partition on your second HDD is marked
Active, then remove your first HDD. Then put the Vista DVD in and follow
Jan's instructions to reinstall the Vista bootloader - which will now go to
your second HDD, since it is the only one available at the time. (You may
need to revisit Disk Management later to be sure that your drive letters
haven't shifted.)

Your C:\Boot.ini file knows nothing of Vista, which uses the BCD (Boot
Configuration Data) files, instead. In a dual-boot setup, BCD can turn
control over to Boot.ini to boot the "previous" versions of Windows, but
Boot.ini has no such ability to switch to the BCD boot system.

By the way, I know NOTHING of GRUB, or Linux, so I can't help at all with
that part of your problem.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x64)

"praveen" <praveen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:445B5934-08CA-434E-8F8E-C15C3376C24E@microsoft.com...
>
> Thanks a lot..............
> But this solved only my half problem......i want that HDD having vista
> should be stand-alone(boot without older HDD)
> Also another problem....the HDD having vista has a corrupted copy of
> GRUB
> boot-loader. Is it possible to overwrite that by vista boot-loader?
> Please help me!!!!!! Advance thanks.......
>
>
> "Jan Ilacqua [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi praveen :-)
>>
>> If you are only going to have the Vista installed, then boot into Vista,
>> and
>> if you haven't laready, download and install the VistaBoot Pro from here
>> in
>> Vista.
>> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
>> Once it is installed on Vista, open VistaBoot Pro and click on Manage
>> drives
>> and you should see both the XP and Vista listed. You can remove (delete)
>> the
>> XP from the list, or click on the Restore Vista bootloader. However, I
>> would advise you to wait until you have removed the XP from the hard
>> drive
>> to do so, just in case. Once XP is fully removed, then deleted it from
>> the
>> list, and click on Restore Vista bootloader. You should then have only
>> one
>> listed, and you should boot straight into Vista,
>>
>> Howewer, if it does not work as you wish after XP is removed, then put
>> the
>> Vista install disk in the DVD ROM and let it boot up, then do a Repair of
>> the Startup. That should get you back to the Vista bootup only.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE
>>
>>
>> > Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
>> > Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the
>> > XP.
>> > I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
>> > How can i restore my boot configuration.
>> > Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>> >
>> > NOTE:
>> >
>> > HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
>> > ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>> >
>> > HDD2
>> > ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1

What is the first disk in the BIOS? Do you have PATA or SATA disks? As for
the instructions, I can't add much to what R.C. has said. I do know that on
my system, I had one PATA drive, and it was seen as the first drive in line,
the 0 disk, no matter what I did to try to change it in the BIOS. I even
took it out of the boot order, but, when I installed the Vista RTM, it would
insist on installing the boot files on that drive instead of the correct
drive. Thus, when I tried to boot into it, it did nothing but reboot the
machine.

So....you said that it solved half your problem. Which half? What part of
what I posted did you actually do? And what is the problem you are having
at this time? Is it only that the XP is still showing up in the boot menu?
Have you tried to delete the XP from the boot.ini?

Also, in VistaBoot Pro, did you go to the Bootloader section and select
Reinstall the Vista
Bootloader? That should restore the Vista bootloader.

Did you try repairing the Vista Startup from the Vista DVD? If you no longer
have the XP installed on your system, then it should repair the bootloader
and you should boot into Vista. I have done this myself, and I know that it
will work in most cases. If you still have the disk that XP was installed
on connected, try disconnecting it and then run the Vista Startup repair and
see if that will restore the normal Vista bootloader.

We need more details of what you have done and what the results are. We
can't see your machine as you can, so you must be our eyes and tell us what
you see, what you are doing or have done, and what is happening, then we can
have a better idea of how to help you. ok? :-)

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE




"praveen" <praveen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:445B5934-08CA-434E-8F8E-C15C3376C24E@microsoft.com...
>
> Thanks a lot..............
> But this solved only my half problem......i want that HDD having vista
> should be stand-alone(boot without older HDD)
> Also another problem....the HDD having vista has a corrupted copy of
> GRUB
> boot-loader. Is it possible to overwrite that by vista boot-loader?
> Please help me!!!!!! Advance thanks.......
>
>
> "Jan Ilacqua [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi praveen :-)
>>
>> If you are only going to have the Vista installed, then boot into Vista,
>> and
>> if you haven't laready, download and install the VistaBoot Pro from here
>> in
>> Vista.
>> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
>> Once it is installed on Vista, open VistaBoot Pro and click on Manage
>> drives
>> and you should see both the XP and Vista listed. You can remove (delete)
>> the
>> XP from the list, or click on the Restore Vista bootloader. However, I
>> would advise you to wait until you have removed the XP from the hard
>> drive
>> to do so, just in case. Once XP is fully removed, then deleted it from
>> the
>> list, and click on Restore Vista bootloader. You should then have only
>> one
>> listed, and you should boot straight into Vista,
>>
>> Howewer, if it does not work as you wish after XP is removed, then put
>> the
>> Vista install disk in the DVD ROM and let it boot up, then do a Repair of
>> the Startup. That should get you back to the Vista bootup only.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
>> > Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the
>> > XP.
>> > I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
>> > How can i restore my boot configuration.
>> > Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>> >
>> > NOTE:
>> >
>> > HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
>> > ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>> >
>> > HDD2
>> > ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Hi,

Remove the problematic hard drive. Boot the system with the Vista disk, but
instead of installing go to the advanced options. Use the startup repair
routine.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"praveen" <praveen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3BB7D224-97D1-44BD-B35F-938096133D5F@microsoft.com...
> Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
> Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the XP.
> I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
> How can i restore my boot configuration.
> Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>
> NOTE:
>
> HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
> ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>
> HDD2
> ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>
>
>
>

Hi.....thanks a lot for R.C.white & Jan for your valuable suggestions.
I think its better to repair the partition........
Anyway i learned a lot from your suggestions.




"R. C. White, MVP" wrote:

> Hi, Praveen.
>
> No matter which volume you "install" Vista (or WinXP) on, it will ALWAYS put
> its boot-up files in the System Partition, which is the Active (bootable)
> primary partition on the HDD designated in the BIOS as the first boot device
> at the time Vista Setup is run. So, if your first HDD was the boot device
> when you installed Vista, that's where the boot-up files are, even if most
> of Vista is in G:\Windows. When you remove that first HDD, you also remove
> that System Partition - and the computer has no idea how to boot Vista - or
> anything else.
>
> There are several ways to get to where you want to be from where you are.
> Probably the simplest is to first use Disk Management (from either WinXP or
> Vista) to make sure that the primary partition on your second HDD is marked
> Active, then remove your first HDD. Then put the Vista DVD in and follow
> Jan's instructions to reinstall the Vista bootloader - which will now go to
> your second HDD, since it is the only one available at the time. (You may
> need to revisit Disk Management later to be sure that your drive letters
> haven't shifted.)
>
> Your C:\Boot.ini file knows nothing of Vista, which uses the BCD (Boot
> Configuration Data) files, instead. In a dual-boot setup, BCD can turn
> control over to Boot.ini to boot the "previous" versions of Windows, but
> Boot.ini has no such ability to switch to the BCD boot system.
>
> By the way, I know NOTHING of GRUB, or Linux, so I can't help at all with
> that part of your problem.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x64)
>
> "praveen" <praveen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:445B5934-08CA-434E-8F8E-C15C3376C24E@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Thanks a lot..............
> > But this solved only my half problem......i want that HDD having vista
> > should be stand-alone(boot without older HDD)
> > Also another problem....the HDD having vista has a corrupted copy of
> > GRUB
> > boot-loader. Is it possible to overwrite that by vista boot-loader?
> > Please help me!!!!!! Advance thanks.......
> >
> >
> > "Jan Ilacqua [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi praveen :-)
> >>
> >> If you are only going to have the Vista installed, then boot into Vista,
> >> and
> >> if you haven't laready, download and install the VistaBoot Pro from here
> >> in
> >> Vista.
> >> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
> >> Once it is installed on Vista, open VistaBoot Pro and click on Manage
> >> drives
> >> and you should see both the XP and Vista listed. You can remove (delete)
> >> the
> >> XP from the list, or click on the Restore Vista bootloader. However, I
> >> would advise you to wait until you have removed the XP from the hard
> >> drive
> >> to do so, just in case. Once XP is fully removed, then deleted it from
> >> the
> >> list, and click on Restore Vista bootloader. You should then have only
> >> one
> >> listed, and you should boot straight into Vista,
> >>
> >> Howewer, if it does not work as you wish after XP is removed, then put
> >> the
> >> Vista install disk in the DVD ROM and let it boot up, then do a Repair of
> >> the Startup. That should get you back to the Vista bootup only.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Jan
> >> MS MVP - Windows IE
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
> >> > Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the
> >> > XP.
> >> > I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
> >> > How can i restore my boot configuration.
> >> > Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
> >> >
> >> > NOTE:
> >> >
> >> > HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
> >> > ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
> >> >
> >> > HDD2
> >> > ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>

make sure you have a bed next to the pc.. because it will take hours


"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23xMtTuxIHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Remove the problematic hard drive. Boot the system with the Vista disk,
> but instead of installing go to the advanced options. Use the startup
> repair routine.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "praveen" <praveen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3BB7D224-97D1-44BD-B35F-938096133D5F@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
>> Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the
>> XP.
>> I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
>> How can i restore my boot configuration.
>> Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>>
>> NOTE:
>>
>> HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
>> ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>>
>> HDD2
>> ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Hi.....thanks a lot for R.C.white & Jan for your valuable suggestions.
I think its better to repair the partition........
Anyway i learned a lot from your suggestions.
Again Thanks.........












"praveen" wrote:

> Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
> Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the XP.
> I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
> How can i restore my boot configuration.
> Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>
> NOTE:
>
> HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
> ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>
> HDD2
> ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>
>
>
>

Hi praveen" :-)

> Hi.....thanks a lot for R.C.white & Jan for your valuable
> suggestions.
> I think its better to repair the partition........
> Anyway i learned a lot from your suggestions.
> Again Thanks.........
>
You're very welcome! Vista is a whole new section in the stadium
grandstands, and many areas of it are still under construction. We are all
still leanring a lot as we go here too. Well, at least those of us who
aren't afraid to admit that we don't know everything. :-) While we want to
think that we have Club seats, we sometimes have a hard time seeing around
the post directly in front of the glass window. ))

Post back and let us know how things go for you on the reinstall.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE
Windows TechBeta Tester


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> "praveen" wrote:
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>> Hi,i have installed two operating systems(XP & RC1)in different HDD's.
>> Now i need to remove the HDD1 due to some hardware problems having the
>> XP.
>> I need only vista-RC1 which is in HDD2.
>> How can i restore my boot configuration.
>> Please help me to resolve this issue....Advance thanks...
>>
>> NOTE:
>>
>> HDD1(master having the boot.ini)
>> ----4 Partitions(c,d,e,f)--------C:/windows-xp
>>
>> HDD2
>> ----4 Partitions(g,h,i,j)---------G://vista RC1
>>
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