I'm new to this forum that I found as I was looking for answers following a failed Vista install.
Here's the issue: I attempted to upgrade to Vista over XP MCE 2005 and the process hit the wall. My HTPC is a running on x2 80GB HD in RAID 1. I suspect that the install process stopped because it needed the driver for the SATA Intel Controller which I did have but was unable to load. At least, that's what I think... Anyhow, I'm left with XP that has tones of junk from the failed Vista install and a Windows Boot Manager that is asking me to choose from "Previous Windows Version" or "Setup-something" at boot.
What I'd like is to get rid of the Windows Book Manager and clean-up my C: partition of all the Vista files without having to reformat the drive. Is that doable?
I read a previous post on this issue at http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=40 but it is a bit old and I'm not sure I can take advantage of the solution described. Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
EDIT: 04/16/07 11:00 PM Eastern Time:
Thanks to EasyBCD, I discovered that my PC is now using Vista Bootloader instead of the XP Boot. I changed the boot settings and "Earlier Version of Windows" is now my Default OS. Bingo! The only thing I am still looking for some help is how do I revert back to the XP Boot and what can I do to cleanup the files and folders Vista installed on the C: partition on my XP system? Thanks.
Here's the issue: I attempted to upgrade to Vista over XP MCE 2005 and the process hit the wall. My HTPC is a running on x2 80GB HD in RAID 1. I suspect that the install process stopped because it needed the driver for the SATA Intel Controller which I did have but was unable to load. At least, that's what I think... Anyhow, I'm left with XP that has tones of junk from the failed Vista install and a Windows Boot Manager that is asking me to choose from "Previous Windows Version" or "Setup-something" at boot.
What I'd like is to get rid of the Windows Book Manager and clean-up my C: partition of all the Vista files without having to reformat the drive. Is that doable?
I read a previous post on this issue at http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=40 but it is a bit old and I'm not sure I can take advantage of the solution described. Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
EDIT: 04/16/07 11:00 PM Eastern Time:
Thanks to EasyBCD, I discovered that my PC is now using Vista Bootloader instead of the XP Boot. I changed the boot settings and "Earlier Version of Windows" is now my Default OS. Bingo! The only thing I am still looking for some help is how do I revert back to the XP Boot and what can I do to cleanup the files and folders Vista installed on the C: partition on my XP system? Thanks.