How to Eliminate XP Setup Option from Booting Vista? bennys <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 12/1/2008 11:07:16 AM Hello Board! I am running Vista now but I attempted to install XP Pro for dual booting. However, when I decided to eliminate the XP Pro, for I found Vista is more suitable for me. Unfortunately, I now got stuck with the XP Setup option still lingering as the default option when the computer turns on. I thought I had completely removed the XP OS from my D:\ drive which was the drive for XP. Appearantly, somehow I did not completely remove all the XP files because obviously there is still a trace of it hidden somewhere in the system. I have looked into the msconfig>BOOT and there is only one default OS which is the Vista. Is there any way I can get rid of the XP Setup option? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance. -- bennys

Re: How to Eliminate XP Setup Option from Booting Vista? "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 12/1/2008 11:27:57 AM Hi, Many feel more comfortable using the free tool VistaBootPro from the .org of the same name rather than using bcdedit, the included boot manager editor. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "bennys" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:269a6ed6c7ef566d77380534285bc02d[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > Hello Board! > > I am running Vista now but I attempted to install XP Pro for dual > booting. However, when I decided to eliminate the XP Pro, for I found > Vista is more suitable for me. Unfortunately, I now got stuck with the > XP Setup option still lingering as the default option when the computer > turns on. I thought I had completely removed the XP OS from my D:\ drive > which was the drive for XP. Appearantly, somehow I did not completely > remove all the XP files because obviously there is still a trace of it > hidden somewhere in the system. I have looked into the msconfig>BOOT and > there is only one default OS which is the Vista. > Is there any way I can get rid of the XP Setup option? > > Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in Advance. > > > -- > bennys

Re: How to Eliminate XP Setup Option from Booting Vista? LeeTutor <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 12/1/2008 5:00:49 PM This article tells how to install XP as a dual boot with Windows Vista installed first. The link I give to page 5 of the article tells how to remove XP if you decide you want to go back just to Vista: 'How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots' (http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm?page=5) -- LeeTutor If this answer has been of help to you, then please add to my Reputation by clicking on the middle icon at the top right. :geek:

Re: How to Eliminate XP Setup Option from Booting Vista? bennys <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 12/1/2008 7:45:28 PM Thank you very much. I'll give it a shot. -- bennys