Windows Vista Boot Manager BCDedit

Hey there everyone! I'm not sure if I'm in the write group and so if
my question is off base please help redirect me, thanks.

My problem is that I have an extra entry in my Boot Manager list.
Currently I have listed;

1. Windows Vista (TM) Home Edition
2. OpenSuse Installer

The second option does not work and is left over from an installation
crash of OpenSuse10.3. I have been trying via the BCDedit.exe program
with absolutely no luck. I'm wondering if OpenSuse wrote to a legacy
boot format and now Vista can't access it to delete it. If anyone
knows how to completely rebuild my bootsector I'd greatly appreciate
your help. I have tried:

bootrec /Fixboot, /FixMBR, /RebuildBCD one at a time of course.

Thanks again for any help you can provide.

Try using EasyBCD 1.7 to delete it:
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
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Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
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news:3d00f0fc-3774-491e-ba8e-...
> Hey there everyone! I'm not sure if I'm in the write group and so if
> my question is off base please help redirect me, thanks.
>
> My problem is that I have an extra entry in my Boot Manager list.
> Currently I have listed;
>
> 1. Windows Vista (TM) Home Edition
> 2. OpenSuse Installer
>
> The second option does not work and is left over from an installation
> crash of OpenSuse10.3. I have been trying via the BCDedit.exe program
> with absolutely no luck. I'm wondering if OpenSuse wrote to a legacy
> boot format and now Vista can't access it to delete it. If anyone
> knows how to completely rebuild my bootsector I'd greatly appreciate
> your help. I have tried:
>
> bootrec /Fixboot, /FixMBR, /RebuildBCD one at a time of course.
>
> Thanks again for any help you can provide.

wrote:
> Hey there everyone! I'm not sure if I'm in the write group and so if
> my question is off base please help redirect me, thanks.
>
> My problem is that I have an extra entry in my Boot Manager list.
> Currently I have listed;
>
> 1. Windows Vista (TM) Home Edition
> 2. OpenSuse Installer
>
> The second option does not work and is left over from an installation
> crash of OpenSuse10.3. I have been trying via the BCDedit.exe program
> with absolutely no luck. I'm wondering if OpenSuse wrote to a legacy
> boot format and now Vista can't access it to delete it. If anyone
> knows how to completely rebuild my bootsector I'd greatly appreciate
> your help. I have tried:
>
> bootrec /Fixboot, /FixMBR, /RebuildBCD one at a time of course.
>
> Thanks again for any help you can provide.

You might boot your Linux install DVD, select Repair, and let it repair
the Windows boot manager (fix MBR), if that is your boot manager. I've
done this several times, successfully. I normally use my Mandrake boot
CD to repair both GRUB and Windows boot records that arise from my Linux
installation screwups.

Q

Best solution at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392;

Quaoar;581792 Wrote:
> wrote
> > Hey there everyone! I'm not sure if I'm in the write group and so i
> > my question is off base please help redirect me, thanks
>
> > My problem is that I have an extra entry in my Boot Manager list
> > Currently I have listed
>
> > 1. Windows Vista (TM) Home Editio
> > 2. OpenSuse Installe
>
> > The second option does not work and is left over from an installatio
> > crash of OpenSuse10.3. I have been trying via the BCDedit.exe progra
> > with absolutely no luck. I'm wondering if OpenSuse wrote to a legac
> > boot format and now Vista can't access it to delete it. If anyon
> > knows how to completely rebuild my bootsector I'd greatly appreciat
> > your help. I have tried
>
> > bootrec /Fixboot, /FixMBR, /RebuildBCD one at a time of course
>
> > Thanks again for any help you can provide
>
> You might boot your Linux install DVD, select Repair, and let it repai
> the Windows boot manager (fix MBR), if that is your boot manager. I'v
> done this several times, successfully. I normally use my Mandrake boo
> CD to repair both GRUB and Windows boot records that arise from m
> Linu
> installation screwups
>
>

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"horiageorg" <> wrote in
message news:...
>
> Best solution at:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392;)
>
> Quaoar;581792 Wrote:
>> wrote:
>> > Hey there everyone! I'm not sure if I'm in the write group and so if
>> > my question is off base please help redirect me, thanks.
>> >
>> > My problem is that I have an extra entry in my Boot Manager list.
>> > Currently I have listed;
>> >
>> > 1. Windows Vista (TM) Home Edition
>> > 2. OpenSuse Installer
>> >
>> > The second option does not work and is left over from an installation
>> > crash of OpenSuse10.3. I have been trying via the BCDedit.exe program
>> > with absolutely no luck. I'm wondering if OpenSuse wrote to a legacy
>> > boot format and now Vista can't access it to delete it. If anyone
>> > knows how to completely rebuild my bootsector I'd greatly appreciate
>> > your help. I have tried:
>> >
>> > bootrec /Fixboot, /FixMBR, /RebuildBCD one at a time of course.
>> >
>> > Thanks again for any help you can provide.
>>
>> You might boot your Linux install DVD, select Repair, and let it repair
>> the Windows boot manager (fix MBR), if that is your boot manager. I've
>> done this several times, successfully. I normally use my Mandrake boot
>> CD to repair both GRUB and Windows boot records that arise from my
>> Linux
>> installation screwups.
>>
>> Q
>
>
> --
> horiageorg
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
Yes, but watch where it mentioned
C:
cd boot

it should be cd /Boot
or just cd /d c:\boot instead of the original two lines . then even if you
have inadvertently change directory before starting the procedure, it will
still work