Tom's Hardware > Forum > Windows XP > Windows XP General Discussion > Dual Boot Problemo

Dual Boot Problemo

Forum Windows XP : Windows XP General Discussion - Dual Boot Problemo

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
wolfman140   09-16-2006 at 05:18:54 PM

Heya,
So..I had XP on one hdd and Vista on the other...I found that somehow Vista was making XP games unstable (because they hadn't acted up until I installed Vista). So anyway, I formatted the Vista hdd...now I'm just wondering how one gets rid of the dual boot option that will still come up after post. You can still choose one of the two OS's (of course Vista won't work)...I wanna get rid of that. I'm guessing that maybe clearing the CMOS might solve it, but before I did that I wanted to know if anyone else knew. Thanks!

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
davemar14   09-16-2006 at 10:11:42 PM
- 0 +

This is what you have to do.

1. Load XP and go to Control Panel
2. Click on System Icon
3. Click Advanced Tab
4. Look for Startup and Recovery, and click settings button
5. A new window will load, click the edit buton
6. Another window will open in Notepad
7. Delete where it says Vista, leave XP
8. It should look like mine below:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
9. That should delete the boot loader and put XP as the default :)

My System:
http://amdgamingrig.dyndns.org

Reply to davemar14
wolfman140   09-17-2006 at 01:25:24 AM
- 0 +

Damn I think something changed with this new RC1 version? I did what you said and there is no entry for Vista, however it says at the top
"Warning: Use bcdedit.exe to edit the boot file for Windows Vista"

So now I have to figure out what the devil that is, and I'll be all set. I did a search for it but found nothing. I hope its not in Vista cuz that be gone! Any ideas?

Reply to wolfman140
wolfman140   09-17-2006 at 02:15:16 AM
- 0 +

OK nvm...what a pain in the arse. Had to download a Vista Boot Pro program to do it or it would've been a major pain to do it manually. Silly Vista. BAH to that.

Reply to wolfman140
davemar14   09-18-2006 at 03:29:03 PM
- 0 +

Well thats Microsoft for you. Ahhh....they never stop impressing me. I swear they have classes to say "how can we make something harder to remove, and what things can we add to make our software more frustrating.

My System:
http://amdgamingrig.dyndns.org

Reply to davemar14
Zoron   09-24-2006 at 01:35:27 PM
- 0 +

I don't see how Vista did anything to your XP games, as you installed it to a separate hard drive... which is the same thing I've done and my WinXP is unaffected.

Reply to Zoron
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Windows XP > Windows XP General Discussion > Dual Boot Problemo
Go to:

There are 621 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.254 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?