How to delete XP partition

[Mac (Croatia)]

I have dual boot XP and Vista on same disk , different partitions. How to
delete XP partition without residuals problems ?

Thanks in advance.

Mac,Croatia

 

[On the Bridge]

Hello... is XP on the first partion of the disk or the second parition...?

normally if you had xp first then installed Vista then XP is on the first
and Vista on the second..

tell me so I can help you better



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[Chris S.]

Hello... is XP on the first partion of the disk or the second parition...?

normally if you had xp first then installed Vista then XP is on the first
and Vista on the second..

tell me so I can help you better

And.... http://www.blackhall.net/ipxspx-VISTA.htm

Chris

 

[Chris S.]

OOPS! replied to wrong thread!

And.... http://www.blackhall.net/ipxspx-VISTA.htm

Chris

 

[John Barnes]

Make your Vista partition the active partition, run Start-up repair from the
Vista DVD (may need to more than once). When you can boot into Vista, you
can do what you want with the XP partition. You will need a third party
product such as BootItNG to combine the space into one partition if XP is on
the first partition. If on the second, you can delete it and combine the
free space into the first partition.

 

[Mac (Croatia)]

XP is on the first partition (C). I installed Vista (on E partition ) after XP.

Mac

 

[Mac (Croatia)]

Thank You very much, I'll try that.

Mac

Make your Vista partition the active partition, run Start-up repair from the
Vista DVD (may need to more than once). When you can boot into Vista, you
can do what you want with the XP partition. You will need a third party
product such as BootItNG to combine the space into one partition if XP is on
the first partition. If on the second, you can delete it and combine the
free space into the first partition.

 

[Mac (Croatia)]

I don't know how to make my Vista partition active , in computer management
I don't see that option.
C partition (XP) is there marked as Healty (System,Active,Primary Partition)
D partition is Healty (Logical Drive)
E partition (Vista) is Healty (Boot,Page File,Crash Dump,Logical Drive).
How to activate E partition , is it necessary when it has already "Boot" mark.

Mac

 

[John Barnes]

You would need to have Vista on a Primary partition for use as the system
drive. You could delete all the XP files from the C partition, leaving only
the boot records for Vista.

 

[Lance Le Claire]

Did you install Vista with XP drive installed and plugged into motherboard?
If yes, then use Vista boot Pro. Install it in XP. (you won't need it after
you install the Vista boot). IF NO, then you need to choose your boot
options in your bios.

Why?

Chances are you're here because you're running Windows Vista and want to do
one of two things. Install a second OS or manage your boot configuration
without directly editing the BCDEdit file. As you likely now realize,
Windows Vista has made this task somewhat complicated for most users.
VistaBootPRO was developed to make changes to the Windows Vista Boot
Configuration Data (BCD) registry quickly and easily, doing the job in a
fraction of the time it would take using the alternative. The only other way
to edit the BCD is to use the command prompt application "credit.exe,"
located in the Windows\system32 folder of Windows Vista, which requires
users to become familiar with the ins and outs of the credit.exe switches
and options, leaving many frustrated users in its path. VistaBootPRO allows
users to easily and neatly organize their boot configuration entries from
within all flavors of Windows.

Once installed, choose Manage BCD OS Entries. If you do not see Vista in the
large window, then you do not have a boot loader set for it. In that case
select "Add New OS entry" Type the OS name (Vista) then select the type
(Vista) and then the boot letter in your case it's E. The click apply
updates. You should now have 2 OS boot options.

Get Vista Boot pro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/.