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I had installed two operating system in my computer. In the C drive i am using windows xp
and in the d drive windows vista. Now i want to remove safely windows vista from my dual boot system.
I only want to use Windows XP as is was before. Due to some compatibility reasons of some application i am using,
i want to uninstall Windows Vista. So what is a safer way to remove the Windows Vista OS from my system without
getting any crash.
Windows Vista is powerful OS with lot of enhanced features and capabilities. Now it is quiet easier to remove the Vista from a dual boot option to use your old version of windows.
You will need to do the following :
- Restart your computer. Boot it in Windows XP
- Insert your Windows Vista Installation Disk in your CD/DVD drive.
- Click on Start Meny > Run
- and type the following: e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force
- Type your CD/DVD drive in the place of E:\. Normally it is by default.
- Restart your compute. Now the boot selection menu will not appear.
- Format your D: drive or where you had installed vista.
- Search and remove two files from your C: drive Boot.Bak and Bootsect.Bak.
Restart your computer.
You can merger your drives if neede. Use one of the below utilites to merge your partitions.
softwares :
Partition Magic 8.0
Super Fdisk
Easeus Partition Manager
Uninstalling your Windows Vista and putting back your Windows XP OS is actually a little tricky job. Making changes in the dual boot system make a many system crashes. I suggest you to first backup your valuable data. Because if some of the drive won't work you will loose all your information.
Do the following steps :
Restart and boot your computer from Windows XP bootable disc.
Start Recovery Console.
Run the Fixboot.
Run the fixmbr command to reset the master boot record.
Exit and restart the computer.
After startup format your Windows Vista Partition.
This will remove the Windows Vista OS from your computer.
You had a dual boot system and now you don't want to use the Vista OS.
You can remove Vista OS from your computer by using Vista Boot Pro
Download and Install Vista Boot Pro
Run Vista BootPro
Now click on Manage Entries. Then select the OS you want to remove
Click on the delete icon.
Then select Save
Now go to Configure Tab.
At the top select your default Windows Operating System.
Click Save.
Restart your computer. Now you can load your old OS mode.