Nomi1985 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I already had Windows XP installed on my C: drive. I bought a new hard drive and then installed Vista on it (Drive D:). I started the Vista install from inside of Windows XP, so it dual booted the two systems.Now whenever I restart the computer, it asks me if I want to start "Windows Vista" or the "Earlier Version of Windows".I want to remove my C: drive from my system and only run Vista, which is on the D: Drive. Whenever I do this, however, I get a message saying that NTLDR is missing and I can't boot into Vista. How do I fix this problem so that I can finally get rid of Windows XP?I would really appreciate any help with this matter. I've Googled the hell out of this problem and tried a lot of different things all to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaodanet Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) If you installed the Vista in drive D, your problem is "the reference to drive install, or, the reference to drive "D" when installing!This can help you, but... Always install the system older before, and, the newer after! So, the newer will know to act due to the situationtry my advice: (manual mode) 1 - Install ONLY 1o HD and INSTALL the system that you desire2 - Install ONLY 2o HD and INSTALL the system that you desire3 - Set the HD with VISTA as Drive C and start your pcor1 - 2 hd in pc2 - install XP in drive D3 - install Vista in drive CNote: anyway, you'll have problem with the DRIVE REFERENCE to install any systemNEW BOOT.INI in VISTA SYSTEMSEE the command BCDEDIT for new boot.ini system in Vista (or F1 in DESKTOP AREA)Commands that controling Starting System======================================/bootsequence/default/displayorder/timeout/toolsdisplayorderfor help, useBCDEDIT /? /bootsequence or others...../createstore/export/import----------------/copy/create/deleteRun bcdedit /? ID for information about ID used for this command--------------/deletevalue/setExecute bcdedit /? TYPES for obtain the data list used for this commandExecute bcdedit /? FORMATS for obtain the data list of data formats valid----------/enum/vRun "bcdedit" only = "bcdedit /enum ACTIVE"--------------/bootsequence/default/displayorder/timeout/toolsdisplayorder-----------/bootems/ems/emssettings--------------/bootdebug/dbgsettings/debug Edited February 7, 2007 by joaodanet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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