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BobTec

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:34 pm
Post subject: Dual Boot
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I have xp intalled on my computer. I now run vista all the time.
Both are on there own hard drive. Can I just reformat the xp drive and be
done with it?
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Michael Solomon

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:34 pm
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"BobTec" <BobTec DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have xp intalled on my computer. I now run vista all the time.
> Both are on there own hard drive. Can I just reformat the xp drive and be
> done with it?

Yes you can but you'll need to then boot from the Vista disk and run the
repair option on the setup screen as you will wipe the Vista boot files.
Remember, wipe the XP partition first, then boot from the Vista disk to
repair the boot setup.

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...winston

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:46 pm
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Not normally if some of the following is true.

If you installed Vista second without using a third party boot manager
and a separate system partition exclusive of the XP drive, your XP drive
is probably your system drive. Vista would normally install the
bootloader to the system drive(i.e. your xp drive)

Search this newsgroup for dual boot topics..a lot of info is present on
removing Vista as the second o/s in a dual boot, dual drive system.

Here's some additional reading info.

In almost all cases, folks usually suggest using a third party
app(BootItNg, VistaBootPro, EasyBCD) to remove an os from the boot
loader screen, or run a Vista repair install, or clean install Vista
and/or a combination of the these when one wishes to format the XP
drive.

...winston
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"BobTec" <BobTec.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have xp intalled on my computer. I now run vista all the time.
> Both are on there own hard drive. Can I just reformat the xp drive and
> be
> done with it?
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Rainald Taesler

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:34 pm
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BobTec shared these words of wisdom:

> I have xp intalled on my computer. I now run vista all the time.
> Both are on there own hard drive. Can I just reformat the xp drive
> and be done with it?

You'd also have to modify the Boot-Menu.
It's a lot more complicated than it was in XP.

EasyBCD
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

worked fine for me.

Rainald
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John Barnes

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:33 am
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As noted above, you will most likely wipe your boot files. I suggest that
you change the boot priority in the BIOS to have the Vista drive the first
drive in boot priority, then run the Vista repair startup process from the
install DVD. Some have had to run it several times. When it boots safely
into Vista, you can then format the XP drive. This is for either both IDE
drives or both SATA drives. Some BIOS's will produce complications with
combinations of IDE and SATA.

"BobTec" <BobTec.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have xp intalled on my computer. I now run vista all the time.
> Both are on there own hard drive. Can I just reformat the xp drive and be
> done with it?
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peter

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:18 am
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You might want to explain how you installed the dual boot..........
was XP installed first and then fom within installed Vista on the other
HD??...then follow the directions already posted.
Was XP installed and you disconnected the XP drive and installed Vista on
the 2nd HD and used your F12 Bios option to chose which drive to boot from
when booting??
In that case each OS has its own MBR on its own drive and it is safe to just
format the XP drive.
peter
"BobTec" <BobTec.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have xp intalled on my computer. I now run vista all the time.
> Both are on there own hard drive. Can I just reformat the xp drive and be
> done with it?
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