ok had enough me get back xp

Long story, short version. Either I have lost patience or just don't have the time any more. I love playing with betas, or at least I used to. This one has really started to get to my sanity. I just want to go back to XP for now. may wish to try this again when I regain my sanity.
I installed Vista to my second drive on my system. First drive still contains WinXP, however what, if any, changes were made to that one by vista? Since the computer won't let me choose the XP version on "C" drive, I assume there must be some. I have tried to format drive "D", but windows vista won't let me. I inserted the XP install disk in the cd-rom player and the "Install Win XP" is not able to be selected. Is it possible to use "BCDEDIT.exe" to change to the old "boot.ini" file on "C" drive. If so can someone help with this? Any real suggestions would be appreciated.

"Jeffrey" wrote in message

Long story, short version. Either I have lost patience or just don't have the time any more. I love playing with betas, or at least I used to. This one has really started to get to my sanity. I just want to go back to XP for now. may wish to try this again when I regain my sanity.
I installed Vista to my second drive on my system. First drive still contains WinXP, however what, if any, changes were made to that one by vista? Since the computer won't let me choose the XP version on "C" drive, I assume there must be some. I have tried to format drive "D", but windows vista won't let me. I inserted the XP install disk in the cd-rom player and the "Install Win XP" is not able to be selected. Is it possible to use "BCDEDIT.exe" to change to the old "boot.ini" file on "C" drive. If so can someone help with this? Any real suggestions would be appreciated.

EasyBCD appears to have an option to fix the boot sector for returning to XP. I haven't tried it so I can't say if it works or not.
http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=81
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User www.VistaHelp.ca

"Kerry Brown" wrote in message

EasyBCD appears to have an option to fix the boot sector for returning to XP. I haven't tried it so I can't say if it works or not.
http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=81

Thanks Kerry!
While using Bcdedit.exe, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I was being forced into using the command prompt. It's so last century! *laughing*
EasyBCD is just that, EASY!
Dave

Daibidh wrote:

"Kerry Brown" wrote in message
EasyBCD appears to have an option to fix the boot sector for returning to XP. I haven't tried it so I can't say if it works or not. http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=81
Thanks Kerry!
While using Bcdedit.exe, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I was being forced into using the command prompt. It's so last century! *laughing*
EasyBCD is just that, EASY!
Dave

You're welcome. Glad to know it works. I'm sure I'll need to use it sooner or later.
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User www.VistaHelp.ca