Dual boot screen- even though vista removed

[taylormsj]

I recently installed vista on a seperate partition, so i could dual boot xp and vista together. And this worked fine and the dual boot screen came up, everything is fine.

How ever i decided to remoove vista and save it for a new HDD. But when ever i turn on the computer - the dual boot screen comes up, asking to boot vista or older version of windows. I cant seem to get rid of it, not even under that startup options - any help?

I have tried using a boot manager too but no sucess.

 

[subtle]

Did you tried that?:
Right mous on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Settings in Startup and Recovery -> Edit in System startup -> and remove the one you don't want -> save...

 

[taylormsj]

Yes i did - there is only one option and that is for xp. When clicke don manully set it up -


;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[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" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USEPMTIMER

 

[baker_jeff]

Click Start>Run> "msconfig"

Click on "Boot.ini"

Click on "Check all boot paths"

 

[subtle]

If that won't work try Recovery Console.
Boot from XP CD and press R when prompted.
In RC type fixboot...
Check here http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixboot.mspx?mfr=true

 

[tlarkin]

fixboot

bootcfg /rebuild

fdisk /mbr

are all commands you should look into to fix this issue and can all be ran from recovery console

 

[taylormsj]

Just tried this and it has worked - thanks guys

 

[MatrixEVO]

Just tried this and it has worked - thanks guys

Which command did you use? I have the same problem with the boot screen.

 

[tlarkin]

Which command did you use? I have the same problem with the boot screen.

if you boot into recovery console mode and do a fdisk /mbr it will wipe out your master boot record. then you can run fixboot which will then write a new boot sector.

the bootcfg /rebuild allows you to basically rebuild the boot.ini file and set up anything custom you wish. This does not apply to vista though since MS changed the boot strap process and there is no longer a boot.ini file.

Also, if you have any questions about using a command you can always use the /? switch after a command. For example, if you wanted to know all the options of the format command you could simply type format /? to display everything about that command.

 

[taylormsj]

i just used fixboot c and it worked instantly