Q: Remove xp from dual vista / xp setup

Scenario
Got 3 harddrives,

Disk 0 : d: Xp (system, active, primary) g: (primary
Disk 1 : e: (primary) f: (page file, logical
Disk 2 : c: vista (boot, page file, active, crash dump, primary

Right, dont ask me why i set so many primarys lol.. Hope it wont affec
me

Basicly i want to get rid of xp completly, prefrebly without having t
reinstall !
Hope there is a supah geek out there that can help me

Basicly i got a chuck of boot stuff on the d: drive like, autoexec
boot.ini, bootmgr, bootsect, config.sys, io, msdos,ntdetect, ntldr, an
of course the pagefile :

How do i go about removeing my xp installation, and still keeping m
boot

--
Skera

Since your Vista disk is the boot disk you can just delete and/or
reformat the partitions on the XP disk.

Once you have done that, use EasyBCD http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 to
remove the XP option from the boot menu.


On 18/11/2009 20:04, Skera wrote:
> Scenario:
> Got 3 harddrives,
>
> Disk 0 : d: Xp (system, active, primary) g: (primary)
> Disk 1 : e: (primary) f: (page file, logical)
> Disk 2 : c: vista (boot, page file, active, crash dump, primary)
>
> Right, dont ask me why i set so many primarys lol.. Hope it wont affect
> me!
>
> Basicly i want to get rid of xp completly, prefrebly without having to
> reinstall !!
> Hope there is a supah geek out there that can help me!
>
> Basicly i got a chuck of boot stuff on the d: drive like, autoexec,
> boot.ini, bootmgr, bootsect, config.sys, io, msdos,ntdetect, ntldr, and
> of course the pagefile
>
> How do i go about removeing my xp installation, and still keeping my
> boot?
>
>

Incorrect.

Disk 0, or D:, is marked as the [system] disk, so it is the active one and
contains the boot information. If you format it, you will lose this data and
render the system unbootable until a startup repair is affected.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Since your Vista disk is the boot disk you can just delete and/or reformat
> the partitions on the XP disk.
>
> Once you have done that, use EasyBCD http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 to
> remove the XP option from the boot menu.
>
>
> On 18/11/2009 20:04, Skera wrote:
>> Scenario:
>> Got 3 harddrives,
>>
>> Disk 0 : d: Xp (system, active, primary) g: (primary)
>> Disk 1 : e: (primary) f: (page file, logical)
>> Disk 2 : c: vista (boot, page file, active, crash dump, primary)
>>
>> Right, dont ask me why i set so many primarys lol.. Hope it wont affect
>> me!
>>
>> Basicly i want to get rid of xp completly, prefrebly without having to
>> reinstall !!
>> Hope there is a supah geek out there that can help me!
>>
>> Basicly i got a chuck of boot stuff on the d: drive like, autoexec,
>> boot.ini, bootmgr, bootsect, config.sys, io, msdos,ntdetect, ntldr, and
>> of course the pagefile
>>
>> How do i go about removeing my xp installation, and still keeping my
>> boot?
>>
>>

HI, Skera.

Rick is correct, of course. But I'm more wordy than he is. ;^}

Your choice depends on what you want to end up with.

The simplest way to get rid of WinXP is just to delete the D:\Windows folder
tree - completely. That is ALL that is really necessary; the rest of this
is optional.

To remove distractions and reclaim a small amount of space that won't be
needed anymore, delete nearly all the files you mentioned:

> autoexec ... config.sys, io, msdos,

These haven't been needed since Win98.

> boot.ini, ... ntdetect, ntldr

These are used only by WinXP (and Win2K).

> bootmgr

Vista - and Win7 - DO need bootmgr.

> bootsect

There are two versions of bootsect: Bootsect.dos is a copy of the
WinXP-style boot sector, so it is just 512 bytes; it is used only to start
WinXP when dual-booting, so it can be deleted. You'll need bootsect.exe if
you ever want to change to the WinXP-style boot sector OR if your Vista/Win7
boot sector needs to be rewritten - so keep it in your hidden D:\Boot
folder.

> the pagefile

The page file is a separate topic. This file gets re-written each time you
reboot anyhow, so you can use Advanced System Settings, while running Vista,
to put it wherever you want. Then delete any other one that might remain
because it will never be used, anyhow.

Another solution would be to disconnect (physically or in the BIOS) both
Disk 0 and Disk 1, then insert the Vista DVD and run Setup to let it create
a new System Volume in the primary partition on what is now Disk 2. Your
Drive C: would then be both the System Volume and Vista's Boot Volume. That
would let you reformat your Drive D: when you reconnect it and use it for
data or any other need you might have.

> Right, dont ask me why i set so many primarys lol.. Hope it wont affect
> me!

Windows doesn't care how many primary partitions you have. I also have 3,
one on each HDD, and made sure that each is Active (bootable). Each is
quite small because the only contents are Startup files. The rest of each
HDD is an Extended Partition, divided into several Logical Drives; some of
these serve as Boot Volumes for various Windows installations. I ran Vista
Setup 3 times, once with each HDD set as the Boot Device (NOT the same as
the Boot Volume) in the BIOS, so the first partition on each HDD can serve
as the System Partition. If Disk 0 becomes unbootable, I can reset the BIOS
to boot from Disk 1 - or Disk 2 - and be back in business in a hurry. The
boot-up process always starts in the System Partition - which is the Active
primary partition on the currently-designated HDD - and branches from there
to the Boot Volume of whichever Windows version is selected from the OS
menu.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Skera" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Scenario:
> Got 3 harddrives,
>
> Disk 0 : d: Xp (system, active, primary) g: (primary)
> Disk 1 : e: (primary) f: (page file, logical)
> Disk 2 : c: vista (boot, page file, active, crash dump, primary)
>
> Right, dont ask me why i set so many primarys lol.. Hope it wont affect
> me!
>
> Basicly i want to get rid of xp completly, prefrebly without having to
> reinstall !!
> Hope there is a supah geek out there that can help me!
>
> Basicly i got a chuck of boot stuff on the d: drive like, autoexec,
> boot.ini, bootmgr, bootsect, config.sys, io, msdos,ntdetect, ntldr, and
> of course the pagefile
>
> How do i go about removeing my xp installation, and still keeping my
> boot?
>
>
> --
> Skera