Windows Boot Manager

[Guest]

HI
I have been beta testing Vista on a HDD I put in the computer. I have now
finished testing and removed the HDD from the computer. The problem is I keep
having to boot into windows boot manager which thinks that I have still got
the other drive in. And when I bootup the computer it wont go straight into
XP. What I need to do is to get rid of the boot manager. Has anybody ideas on
how to do this.

 

[Taha Tungekar]

HI
I have been beta testing Vista on a HDD I put in the computer. I have now
finished testing and removed the HDD from the computer. The problem is I keep
having to boot into windows boot manager which thinks that I have still got
the other drive in. And when I bootup the computer it wont go straight into
XP. What I need to do is to get rid of the boot manager. Has anybody ideas on
how to do this.

Hi Robin,

In order to fix your booting problem, you can try using the Windows XP
recovery console. The next time you boot your computer, make sure that
you have the Windows XP CD inserted in you primary CDRom drive. When
you reboot, you will be taken to the Windows XP installation, where
you will be given the option of using the Recovery console. Press R to
choose the Recovery Console.

When you enter the recovery console, you will be asked to choose you
primary Windows XP partition. Choose this partition and a command
prompt will appear. On the command prompt type "fixboot" (without
quotation marks) and press enter. Then type "fixmbr" (without
quotation marks) and press enter.

Thats it.

For more information on the recovery console, please goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...proddocs/en-us/recovery_console_overview.mspx

Hope this helps.

-Taha Tungekar

 

[Nepatsfan]

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HI
I have been beta testing Vista on a HDD I put in the
computer. I have
now finished testing and removed the HDD from the computer.
The
problem is I keep having to boot into windows boot manager
which
thinks that I have still got the other drive in. And when I
bootup
the computer it wont go straight into XP. What I need to do
is to get
rid of the boot manager. Has anybody ideas on how to do this.

This program provides the easiest solution.

VistaBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php

When you first run the program you'll get a warning message
about Vista not being installed. Click OK.
Once the program is up and running, click on Bootloader.
Select "Uninstall the Vista bootloader".
Hit the Apply button.
Restart your computer.

If you want to do all this manually you're going to have to use
your XP installation CD and boot into the Recovery Console.
In Recovery Console enter fixboot C: at the prompt.
Here's some info on the Recovery Console that you may find
helpful.

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm

To start the computer and use the Recovery Console
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...docs/en-us/recovery_run_console.mspx?mfr=true

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

In the future, you might want to post questions dealing with
Windows Vista to one of these newsgroups.

Windows Vista discussion groups
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan