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Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

You should be able to just open it in notepad, and just remove the non XP (if that was your previous OS) stuff. Just make sure you remove the boot folder from your legacy OS drive (it's a hidden directory).
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Clayton wrote:

Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

Click Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > under "Start up and Recovery" > click "Settings" > under "System startup" click Edit. This will edit the entried on the legacy boot loader. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message

Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

I wish I could edit it but all it says in there is ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I have about 6 entries of Microsoft Windows I want to ged rid of

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Click Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > under "Start up and Recovery" > click "Settings" > under "System startup" click Edit. This will edit the entried on the legacy boot loader. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

Where are entries located, the BCDEdit.exe or Legacy boot loader? -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message

I wish I could edit it but all it says in there is ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I have about 6 entries of Microsoft Windows I want to ged rid of

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Click Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > under "Start up and Recovery" > click "Settings" > under "System startup" click Edit. This will edit the entried on the legacy boot loader. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

Looks like they are located at the BCEdit.exe
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Where are entries located, the BCDEdit.exe or Legacy boot loader? -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message I wish I could edit it but all it says in there is ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I have about 6 entries of Microsoft Windows I want to ged rid of

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Click Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > under "Start up and Recovery" > click "Settings" > under "System startup" click Edit. This will edit the entried on the legacy boot loader. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

Nevermind, I used the Recovery Console and FIXBOOT to sort it out
"Clayton" wrote in message

Looks like they are located at the BCEdit.exe
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Where are entries located, the BCDEdit.exe or Legacy boot loader? -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message I wish I could edit it but all it says in there is ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I have about 6 entries of Microsoft Windows I want to ged rid of

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Click Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > under "Start up and Recovery" > click "Settings" > under "System startup" click Edit. This will edit the entried on the legacy boot loader. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Clayton" wrote in message Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe

Hi, Clayton.
FixBoot is one way. The way provided in Vista is to use fixntfs -xp (or fixfat -xp if you are using FAT for your System Partition).
In either case, some of Vista's BCD files will be left hanging around and you can delete them if you like. They will be ignored, since NTLDR and Boot.ini know nothing of those files - or of Vista.
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP
"Clayton" wrote in message

Nevermind, I used the Recovery Console and FIXBOOT to sort it out
"Clayton" wrote in message Looks like they are located at the BCEdit.exe
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Where are entries located, the BCDEdit.exe or Legacy boot loader? -- -- Andre
"Clayton" wrote in message I wish I could edit it but all it says in there is ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I have about 6 entries of Microsoft Windows I want to ged rid of

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Click Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > under "Start up and Recovery" > click "Settings" > under "System startup" click Edit. This will edit the entried on the legacy boot loader. -- -- Andre
"Clayton" wrote in message Have removed Vista after 3 failed installs and was wonder how I remove the additional entries in the boot.ini, it's says to use BCDEDIT.exe