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    Turnig off dual boot manager?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Cathryes, Aug 17, 2007.

  1. Cathryes

    Cathryes Notebook Guru

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    I had XP on my system and just deleted it to go back to Vista.

    When I installed Vista I deleted the drive and then formated it and did a clean install but een though I nolonger have xp on my system the dual boot manager comes up. How do I turn this off? I only have vista on my system now.
     
    Cathryes, Aug 17, 2007
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  2. CpuGuy

    CpuGuy Notebook Consultant

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    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022


    -check that your default line points to XP, as it does above
    -now erase the line with the other OS, in this case DOS 7.1 ie. 'multi(1)' NOTE *the entire line may be more than one line in notepad*
    -save the file
    -then you are free to erase the folder associated with the erased OS NOTE *if a mistake was made, you may wish to do this as the last step*
    -reboot your system and its done.

    -upon any mistakes load into either DOS or XP, etc which ever is easiest (or still remaining on your system)
    -copy the old boot.ini over the modified one, and try again
    -good luck
     
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  3. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Or, the easier way to do it, go to Start>Run type in msconfig, click on BOOT.INI, click on CHECK ALL BOOT PATHS, then reboot.
     
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  4. Cathryes

    Cathryes Notebook Guru

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    "boot.ini"

    My understanding is that vista doesnt use "boot.ini" anymore and I nolonger have xp on my system. I cant find"boot.ini" on my harddrive anywhere.

    "Or, the easier way to do it, go to Start>Run type in msconfig, click on BOOT.INI, click on CHECK ALL BOOT PATHS, then reboot."

    System Configuration > boot tab
    Only thing listed:
    Microsoft windows vista (c:\windoes) : current OS: default OS

    only choices I have here:
    Boot options - Safe boot
    Minimal
    Alternate shell
    Active Dir repair
    Network

    Or
    No gui boot
    boot log
    base video
    os boot information

    Last thing
    Make all boot settings permanent

    Not sure what I should pick here
     
    Cathryes, Aug 17, 2007
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  5. Spider_3000

    Spider_3000 Notebook Consultant

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    To edit Vista’s boot manager you have to use the command line BCDEDIT utility. To access BCDEDIT, run the Command Window as an administrator and type in BCDEDIT.

    Unfortunately BCDEDIT isn’t an easy tool to come to terms with, especially as it’s purely command line-driven. So, a great tool to use here is EasyBCD by NeoSmart Technologies. EasyBCD offers a GUI frontend to BCDEDIT, and makes life much easier.

    From then on it should be easy to figure out. Hope that helps.

    edit: Also you can still navigate to the Startup and Recovery settings, but all you can do is select which operating system is the default and modify the timeout settings, ergo very basic settings.
     
    Spider_3000, Aug 17, 2007
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