Removing XP from dual boot with VISTA

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Posted: 23-11-2006

ScorpioSoft (VSO Dutch Translator): Posts: 1,934

I'm using Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista RTM in a dual boot configuration right now. I love the new Vista version and want to remove the XP version from my HD.

Configuration now:
On my HD there are 2 partitions
1st = Windows XP Pro (fat32)
2nd = Windows Vista RTM (NTFS)

How can I savely remove XP from my first partition, enlarge the second partition and have one large partition where I can boot Vista.

Any help is welcome.

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Posted: 24-11-2006

snowie (MyCE Resident): Posts: 690

I had the same problem.
I've solved the problem with the free prog. vistabootpro.

http://www.pro-networks.org/

It's very easy and it doesn't take much time.

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Posted: 24-11-2006

Cressida (CD Freak): Posts: 4,444

Good find, snowie - looks like that and Partition Magic might do it. I would've gone for a clean install - can't have been much on that Vista if it's only a week or so old.

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Posted: 24-11-2006

ScorpioSoft (VSO Dutch Translator): Posts: 1,934

I used vistabootpro but you have to know what you are doing.

1- you have to make another entry into the menu with Vista being your legacy OS to boot from
2- restart the system, go to XP and copy the 'boot' map from your XP partition over to the Vista partition.
3- also copy all the boot files from the XP partition to the Vista Partition.
4- after that you have to set the Vista partition to 'Active' using 'Computer Management'.
5- restart the pc and remove the XP partition from your HD.
6- now start your pc and if everything works ok you boot Vista from the Vista partition (it worked for me).

Update: I tried to move the Vista partition to the beginning of my HD but that didn't worked

So for know I went back to XP (had a Ghost image

). Maybe the best way is to make 1 partition and do a clean install (without XP) on my PC.

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Posted: 24-11-2006

coathi (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 1,516

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Originally Posted by ScorpioSoft

Maybe the best way is to make 1 partition and do a clean install (without XP) on my PC.

YES

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Posted: 26-11-2006

jhtalisman (MyCE Resident): Posts: 2,389

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Originally Posted by snowie

I had the same problem.
I've solved the problem with the free prog. vistabootpro.

http://www.pro-networks.org/

It's very easy and it doesn't take much time.

Thanks for the link.

Used it to remove Vista and it's increasing annoyingly impossible (more so since Vista RC1 installs itself as the primary OS) to get rid of OS option.

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Posted: 26-11-2006

BeardedKirklander (CD Freak): Posts: 2,949

I like fresh installs. I'm just wacky that way.

Normally, I will do say a Windows 98 SE config, then GHOST that image. Then do a Win XP config and GHOST that image. Then instead of dual boot, I just boot to CD or floppy, restore the image I want to the boot partition and I'm good to go.

Not as fast, but much cleaner.

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Posted: 30-11-2006

pigpenz (MyCE Member): Posts: 131

i did a couple of upgrade installs which took about 2.5 hours each after that i just did fresh installs which only took about 30 minutes.

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Posted: 30-11-2006

Lambie (New on Forum): Posts: 5

VistaBoot Pro is a useful piece of software which I found a few weeks ago, but if anyone is looking for another boot manager/editor I recommend EasyBCD.

It is pretty much the same as VistaBoot, but supports new entries for operating systems like Linux

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& yes it's free

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Posted: 08-09-2007

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