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| Main - Computing - Removing Vista boot loader (note: technical thread inside) | New thread | New reply |
| theclaw |
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 Panser Level: 42 Posts: 101/348 EXP: 512541 Next: 8821 Since: 03-26-07 Last post: 4153 days Last view: 2104 days |
I finally made part of my new hardware work (the rest arrives later this week). But, as normal for NT-based operating systems, changing the mobo caused major problems.
I'll quote an email I wrote to a relative. "Unlike XP or 2000, Vista won't install from the disc's bootable menu IF you enter the exact same serial number as the existing installation. Not only that, but the XP installer can't remove or bypass Vista's new boot loader making that not an option. AND I don't have free space on the C drive to make another Vista install either." This means I need to make Vista think it's no longer installed, or remove that boot loader so I can install XP. Can anyone help please? ____________________  |
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Level: 105 Posts: 1866/2846 EXP: 12020923 Next: 241337 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6052 days Last view: 2789 days |
Delete the Vista partition?  ____________________ I dealt with it. |
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| theclaw |
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Panser Level: 42 Posts: 102/348 EXP: 512541 Next: 8821 Since: 03-26-07 Last post: 4153 days Last view: 2104 days |
I'm running Knoppix from the live disc. Currently neither XP nor Vista will install. XP fails because upon the first reboot, Vista's boot loader appears meaning there's no sign of XP at all. Vista fails for two different reasons. A being I don't have enough hard drive space to make a separate install. Or B, the fact that unlike XP and 2000, Vista refuses to install over an installation using the same CD key as the one you try to overwrite. ____________________ |
| MeowMix |
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Newcomer Level: 7 Posts: 3/6 EXP: 1154 Next: 294 Since: 05-29-07 Last post: 6169 days Last view: 6128 days |
You could always try reformatting the hard disk, thereby erasing everything on it. |
| theclaw |
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Panser Level: 42 Posts: 103/348 EXP: 512541 Next: 8821 Since: 03-26-07 Last post: 4153 days Last view: 2104 days |
If anyone here knows how to edit the MBR from within Linux, that would be one of the least-risky options I may have. ____________________ |
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Boo Level: 68 Posts: 555/1036 EXP: 2639960 Next: 88840 Since: 02-19-07 From: It is a mystery. Last post: 5714 days Last view: 5714 days |
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Panser Level: 42 Posts: 104/348 EXP: 512541 Next: 8821 Since: 03-26-07 Last post: 4153 days Last view: 2104 days |
Progress report- I unplugged my two drives with the issues and installed Windows 2000 on a 10GB I had sitting around. Now I need a/an program(s) which can scan hard drives, and rebuild the partition table. This should be simple, the data is physically still on those two. I'll plug the drives back after googling for and downloading recovery utilities... ____________________ |
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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 35 Posts: 84/220 EXP: 258339 Next: 21597 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5414 days Last view: 5413 days |
Last I checked, most Linux distros will mount NTFS. Why not get you files that you don't want to lose that way, and then reinstall everything? ____________________  |
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Level: 48 Posts: 226/458 EXP: 776025 Next: 47518 Since: 02-19-07 From: The Void Last post: 3022 days Last view: 3022 days |
Yeah, use a boot CD or something, scan the drives, take your files off of them, and nuke Vista.
I don't think there's any specific tools to override the boot loader next, and the fact it makes such a thing... well... I'm never ever getting Vista now. |
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