Remove Xp from dual boot with vista

[REDWAGON]

Have XP/SP2 installed on one Hard drive and Vista Home Premium (32bit)
installed on another separate HD, in a dual boot situation. Would like to
format and remove XP from the drive it is on and only have Vista as my OS.

Using Computer Management (while booted in Vista) to try and format the
drive that XP is installed on but get a screen that advises that the drive
cannot be formatted.

How can XP be formatted and that OS be removed so I can use that drive as
just a slave drive and have the Vista HD and vista as my only OS ?? Both HD's
are independant SATA drives (no RAID configuration) and both OS's are
"retail" not OEM.

Thank a bunch
Redwagon.

 

[Jerry]

Is XP on C:\ and Vista on D:\ and is C:\ the boot drive? If so, that's why
Visat won't let you format it from within Vista - how then could you boot if
the drive was formatted?

Could you not boot into Vista and delete all the folders relating to XP and
edit boot.ini to eliminate any reference to XP?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

First, if you just remove XP Vista probably won't boot because its boot
files are in the root of the XP drive. Download VistaBoot Pro 3.3 and use
it to copy the Vista boot files to all drives. Then you can boot with an XP
or Vista disc and delete the XP partition. Create a new one format then
reboot Vista.

 

[REDWAGON]

Thanks for the replies. First, Not sure Jerry how to change the boot.ini. And
Colin, I have each operating system on separate drives, so there is no
"Partition" to do any thing with unless you are speaking of either of the
separate drives that are partitioned for the full capacity. Both are 320GB
BTW.

I tried one suggestion from the internet by removing the XP drive and
booting from the Vista DVD original OS disk. Then I ran the "Repair Your
Computer" option--Next, and then chose the "Command Prompt" option. Once in
the DOS prompt, I entered a. bootrecd /fixmbr
b. bootrec /fixboot
c. bootrec /fixrebuildbcd. After that I exited out of the DOS prompt and
left the Vista OS disk in the drive. Again I selected "Startup Repair". Then
I received a message that advised that this "Might" have cured the problem.
Well, that did not.

Back to square one where I started with a dual boot situation and XP and
Vista still running. Just seems like there should be an easier way to get rid
of the XP side of the dual boot and just end up with the Dive that Vista's on
and working properly.

Thanks for the suggestions however.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

But have you tried what I suggested with VistaBoot Pro?