Can't get Vista off of my computer

When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I can
tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd disk
to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it repaired.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/933168

If the above is not the solution for you, set boot menu to 1:CD, insert XP
disk; reboot.

"edielou2" wrote:

> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I can
> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd disk
> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it repaired.

Boot off the your XP CD. Make sure that the Boot device in the BIOS is set
to the CD/DVD drive. Delete the partition and start over.

Remember to backup your data prior to doing this.


"edielou2" <> wrote in message
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> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I can
> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd
> disk
> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it
> repaired.

A disk to remove Vista?
Simply use the install media for whatever operating system you want
installed.

Exactly what do you want do do?
Get back to the previous operating system?
Did you upgrade?
From what to what?

If you upgraded, you will probably need to perform a Clean
Installation of whatever operating system you had previously
installed.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"edielou2" <> wrote in message
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> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as
> I can
> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate
> cd disk
> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it
> repaired.

My experience has been, it's not that simple. I had to boot from a DOS boot
disk and use FDISK to properly remove the Vista Non-DOS NTFS partition. A
DOS boot disk can be obtained at www.bootdisk.com if needed. Otherwise
Partition Magic (in XP) showed the partition as being BAD. Apparently Vista
does something different in making the partition that XP can not undo. It
was all for nothing though. After a few days using XP, I missed Vista and
came back :-)
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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Boot off the your XP CD. Make sure that the Boot device in the BIOS is
> set to the CD/DVD drive. Delete the partition and start over.
>
> Remember to backup your data prior to doing this.
>
>
> "edielou2" <> wrote in message
> news31492A1-3A76-4077-BF0E-...
>> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I
>> can
>> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd
>> disk
>> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it
>> repaired.
>
>

The best way to get your data backed up is to download a Knoppix cd .iso and
burn it to a disk using burn4free at www.burn4free.com then put the disk in
and turn on the computer or reboot and after loading knoppix right click on
your hard drive on the deskop and click open. Then plug in your external Hard
drive and notice the new icon on the deskop. right click on this icon and
click mount, then right click again and hit change read write mode, and then
open that icon and copy and paste.

"edielou2" wrote:

> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I can
> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd disk
> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it repaired.

"Potential Windows Vista User"
< om> wrote in message
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> The best way to get your data backed up is to download a Knoppix cd .iso
> and
> burn it to a disk using burn4free at www.burn4free.com then put the disk
> in
> and turn on the computer or reboot and after loading knoppix right click
> on
> your hard drive on the deskop and click open. Then plug in your external
> Hard
> drive and notice the new icon on the deskop. right click on this icon and
> click mount, then right click again and hit change read write mode, and
> then
> open that icon and copy and paste.
>

<snip>

Knoppix doesn't need a driver to read NTFS partions?

Lang

"edielou2" <> wrote in message
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> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I can
> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd
> disk
> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it
> repaired.


Backup is halting because it can't find the folder "windows.old?"

If you want to remove Vista, your "...separate CD disk to remove Vista" is
your XP install CD. Unless, of course, this is a new PC and you don't have
an XP install CD.

Sorry to hear that you have to "...take your computer to get it repaired."
Because backup is stalling on the "windows.old' folder?" Do you have any
restore points to which you can revert?

Lang

I'm not sure why you say it's not that simple unless you had a corrupt
partition. I just removed Vista from a test box the other day. I changed
the BIOS to boot off of the CD drive, inserted a bootable XP disk. When XP
showed the drives, I highlighted the C partition, deleted it, then was able
to format it and install XP. Simple process. Maybe partition magic was
the problem. For most users who do vanilla installs, going back to XP is
simple.


"David A. Spicer" <> wrote in message
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> My experience has been, it's not that simple. I had to boot from a DOS
> boot disk and use FDISK to properly remove the Vista Non-DOS NTFS
> partition. A DOS boot disk can be obtained at www.bootdisk.com if needed.
> Otherwise Partition Magic (in XP) showed the partition as being BAD.
> Apparently Vista does something different in making the partition that XP
> can not undo. It was all for nothing though. After a few days using XP, I
> missed Vista and came back :-)
> --------------
> We are everywhere.
>
>
>
> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Boot off the your XP CD. Make sure that the Boot device in the BIOS is
>> set to the CD/DVD drive. Delete the partition and start over.
>>
>> Remember to backup your data prior to doing this.
>>
>>
>> "edielou2" <> wrote in message
>> news31492A1-3A76-4077-BF0E-...
>>> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I
>>> can
>>> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd
>>> disk
>>> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it
>>> repaired.
>>
>>

I did exactly as you did, twice, and had no problem doing it. I was just
relating that when XP partitioned my Vista partitioned drive, the partition
was shown as bad in Partition Magic. Once I deleted the partition with FDISK
and then let XP partition the drive all was well.
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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> I'm not sure why you say it's not that simple unless you had a corrupt
> partition. I just removed Vista from a test box the other day. I
> changed the BIOS to boot off of the CD drive, inserted a bootable XP disk.
> When XP showed the drives, I highlighted the C partition, deleted it, then
> was able to format it and install XP. Simple process. Maybe partition
> magic was the problem. For most users who do vanilla installs, going back
> to XP is simple.
>
>
> "David A. Spicer" <> wrote in message
> news:1F80E33B-6DAB-48ED-9249-...
>> My experience has been, it's not that simple. I had to boot from a DOS
>> boot disk and use FDISK to properly remove the Vista Non-DOS NTFS
>> partition. A DOS boot disk can be obtained at www.bootdisk.com if needed.
>> Otherwise Partition Magic (in XP) showed the partition as being BAD.
>> Apparently Vista does something different in making the partition that XP
>> can not undo. It was all for nothing though. After a few days using XP, I
>> missed Vista and came back :-)
>> --------------
>> We are everywhere.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Boot off the your XP CD. Make sure that the Boot device in the BIOS is
>>> set to the CD/DVD drive. Delete the partition and start over.
>>>
>>> Remember to backup your data prior to doing this.
>>>
>>>
>>> "edielou2" <> wrote in message
>>> news31492A1-3A76-4077-BF0E-...
>>>> When I try to do a backup my computer stops responding and as far as I
>>>> can
>>>> tell there is no Windows. old folder. Why don't you have a separate cd
>>>> disk
>>>> to remove Vista? Now I'm going to have to take my computer to get it
>>>> repaired.
>>>
>>>
>
>