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Old 01-11-09, 09:26 AM   #1
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hello.i have 4 partitions .an xp in c drive(primary) and vista in E.can i remove the xp without loosing vista.i once formatted c drive and could not see the operating system selection menu during startup.any idea?
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Old 01-11-09, 09:32 AM   #2
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hello.i have 4 partitions .an xp in c drive(primary) and vista in E.can i remove the xp without loosing vista.i once formatted c drive and could not see the operating system selection menu during startup.any idea?
Start your PC from ur vista dvd.
choose lang etc
Select the repair option and it will automatically repair your problem

NOTE : You may have to redo the same process upto 4 times.

First do wat is said above
if it loads, fine otherwise do it again..

Good luck
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hello.i have 4 partitions .an xp in c drive(primary) and vista in E.can i remove the xp without loosing vista.i once formatted c drive and could not see the operating system selection menu during startup.any idea?
before formatting c drive ... copy and paste ur boot file in c drive to another drive .... edit it accordingly ... or u can even post it here ... i will try to modify it for u ... after formatting u need to place the modified boot file again in ur c drive
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Windows Vista overwrites the MBR while being installed. Moreover it adds additional entry to the boot.ini file present in the C drive. U need to disable hidden files to see the boot.ini file.
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