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restoring XP,s bootmanager

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/restoring-xp-s-bootmanager.93445/

aytus
aytus Original post #1
Jul 19, 2008 at 7:04 AM
hi guys.. i had xp installed on my c: and vista on d:
the boot manager was vistas ... last night i formatted my d: drive.. that is vista,s drive.. but the boot manager is still showing vista.. now i want to restore Xp,s boot manager.. that is i want no boot manager at all cos i dont have two operating system,s nymore. ny idea on how can i delete that vista,s boot manager and restore it to xp,s boot manager..
btw im still able to boot in xp with ease selecting xp from vista,s bootmgr.
C
Jul 19, 2008 at 7:08 AM
With the Vista DVD on your DVD drive run X:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force where X is the name of the dvd drive.