Partition deleteion and boot problem

[Guest]

Ok so i had windows xp on C: for quite a long time. Than i created a new 30gb
partition from free space for vista. In vista the partition where i had win
xp was recognized as D: ...Than my win xp lost boot ability(was playing with
some progs) so i copied files from that partiotion to my other HD and just
deleted everything else. But when i tried to format this partition i lost the
ability to get to boot loader. I want to give this free space to my vista
partition but when i try to delete this partition i lose the boot. So what
can i do. I had to install win vista starter to this former - xp partition
just to get the boot loader so i can boot to old vista. Any clue how to move
bootloader to my current partition and resize it with free space??

 

[John Barnes]

Make the Vista partition the active partition and then run the Vista install
disk and repair the startup process. This will only work if you have
installed Vista on a primary partition. Otherwise you will have to make a
small boot partition. You can try to use the Vista disk management to
resize the partition. Some have had success others not. Some have
recommended Ranish as a free alternative. Never used personally.