removing dual boot

[GJ02]

whats the best way to remove my dual boot system ?
i have xp and vista on dual boot at the mo.
i want to get rid of vista until its more stable
whats the best way to go back to xp only
fresh xp will be installed
cheers

 

[sublime]

This will get rid of vista and leave your xp install intact.

# Boot your computer in to Windows XP.
# Ensure you have the Vista DVD image emulated or in the DVD drive.
# Go to “Start” and “Run”. Type in “e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force” (without quotes, and replacing e: with the drive letter of your Vista DVD).
# Restart the computer, and you will notice the boot selection menu is gone.
# Format the partition/drive where you had Vista installed.
# Remove two files (Boot.BAK & Bootsect.BAK) on your XP drive’s root folder (C, these were backup files of your previous bootloader, now no longer useful.
# Optional: Restart to ensure it still works.

If you're going to reinstall xp anyway, you can just boot from the XP cd and fresh install XP without having to do any of the above.

BACK UP ALL YOUR IMPORTANT FILES FIRST.

 

[GJ02]

hey sublime, thanks for that !
one more question, if i follow them steps can i then merge / join the partition old vista space to the current xp space to give my my total hd size on 1 os ( xp ) ?

 

[sublime]

hey sublime, thanks for that !
one more question, if i follow them steps can i then merge / join the partition old vista space to the current xp space to give my my total hd size on 1 os ( xp ) ?

Yes. Using a program like Acronis Disk Director etc. you can merge the partitions back into one.

But again, if you're keeping the XP install make sure you back up any data first before messing with partitions.

 

[GJ02]

is there any free software to merge ?
if formated the partition and just need to merge it now
dl acronis but its limited

 

[sublime]

Partition Logic is free.