del booting xp pro and vista

meanman · 01-09-2008, 01:54 PM

Hi i have been duel booting for a while now but i have come to realize that i dont need xp anymore, i have vista on one hdd and xp pro on another hdd so if i was to boot into vista and format the drive with xp on would that do the trick or would it cause boot problems, i do have a norton backup of vista so if i format the drive with xp on and reinstalled vista would i be able to use the norton image or is some of that attached to xp.

patrickv · 01-09-2008, 04:16 PM

it's a bit raw but , delete/format the XP partition from within vista, then boot from the vista dvd and select "repair my computer", select your vista installation and select cmd prompt, from the cmd (recovery console or whatever it is now called) do :

Bootrec /fixboot
Bootrec /fixmbr

hope it helps

(or you can do it the xp way by - FIXBOOT and FIXMBR only)

meanman · 01-09-2008, 04:56 PM

I tried formatting the xp drive from within vista and it wont let me it says windows was unable to complete the format im assuming this is because the boot sector for vista is kept on the xp drive. so if i was to unplug all the drives exept the one i want vista on and reinstalled it could i use the ghost image to put vista back up to date with my programs and everthing or would it not work because the image was done at the time i was duel booting.

01-09-2008, 01:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,789	del booting xp pro and vista Hi i have been duel booting for a while now but i have come to realize that i dont need xp anymore, i have vista on one hdd and xp pro on another hdd so if i was to boot into vista and format the drive with xp on would that do the trick or would it cause boot problems, i do have a norton backup of vista so if i format the drive with xp on and reinstalled vista would i be able to use the norton image or is some of that attached to xp. __________________ my sig Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition ocd to 3.15 ghz Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 "SSC Edition" 1024MB GDDR3 CoolerMaster Stacker 832 Coolermaster 700W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU member of the cod 4 www.cfclan.co.uk

01-09-2008, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,574	it's a bit raw but , delete/format the XP partition from within vista, then boot from the vista dvd and select "repair my computer", select your vista installation and select cmd prompt, from the cmd (recovery console or whatever it is now called) do : Bootrec /fixboot Bootrec /fixmbr hope it helps (or you can do it the xp way by - FIXBOOT and FIXMBR only) __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2

01-09-2008, 04:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,789	I tried formatting the xp drive from within vista and it wont let me it says windows was unable to complete the format im assuming this is because the boot sector for vista is kept on the xp drive. so if i was to unplug all the drives exept the one i want vista on and reinstalled it could i use the ghost image to put vista back up to date with my programs and everthing or would it not work because the image was done at the time i was duel booting. __________________ my sig Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition ocd to 3.15 ghz Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 "SSC Edition" 1024MB GDDR3 CoolerMaster Stacker 832 Coolermaster 700W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU member of the cod 4 www.cfclan.co.uk

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