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i had vista installed on a different partition than xp, after i did that, during boot it had:
-boot and earlier version of windows
-<i forget second choise but it boots vista>

after deleting the partition with vista i still get the options, and i have to choose "earlier version of windows" each time. it gets quite annoying

what do i remove/modify to make it go back to normal?

Try to delete it with VistaBootPRO.

when i started program, it gave me an error, and everytime i switched a tab it gave an error and doesnt show any info

anything else that can work?

You need to modify the boot.ini files in Windows
This file is located in the root directory of the primary drive.

How to modify the boot.ini:

The boot.ini file is a hidden system file located in the root directory of your primary hard disk drive. To edit this file we recommend you follow the below steps.

   1. From Windows, open an MS-DOS prompt by clicking "Start" and then "Run" and typing "cmd" in the text box. If you are not able to get into a MS-DOS prompt to edit the boot.ini file, boot into the recovery console to edit the file.
   2. At the MS-DOS prompt, type:

      c: <press enter>
      cd\ <press enter>
      attrib -r -a -s -h boot.ini <press enter>
      edit boot.ini <press enter>

Delete the Windows Vista Option there

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Right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Now click on the Advanced tab. In a section labeled Startup and Recovery click on the button labeled Settings. You should now be looking at a dialog like this:

Startup and Recovery options


Click on Edit to edit the startup options file (aka boot.ini) manually. That should open Notepad with something similar to the following from my machine:

    [boot loader]
    timeout=5
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
    C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

In this example, you can see that I have two options to choose from when I boot: Windows XP, and the Recovery Console. I'm guessing you have an additional line for the XP Pro Setup that you had trouble with it. You can simply delete that line.

And if you're tired of having the computer wait 30 seconds for you to choose an operating system, you can also change the timeout value, as I have in my example.

Save that file, and when you next reboot you should no longer have that additional option.

NOTE: Modifying the boot.ini in Windows XP won't get rid of the Vista menu

What your seeing is Vista's bootloader.

Do you still have the Windows Vista Disk ? if so, you can get rid of the boot menu by doing this:

Running "\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force" from the CD

after that the system should return to the old, XP boot system.

Vista method - »
control panel > sys and maintenance > sys > advanced sys settings > advance > sys and reconvery > settings > uncheck time to display list of OS or change the timing.

Alternative method:
Right click on computer > properties > advanced sys settings > advance > sys and reconvery > settings > uncheck time to display list of OS or change the timing.

XP method - »
Follow Felu's method

EDIT: that's how to change the display of the list of OS.
and if you want to go back to windows XP, clear the entire patition where you installed vista.
Otherwise.
follow what chr1s said.

quote:

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Originally posted by Chr1s
Do you still have the Windows Vista Disk ?

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No need: just use the XP disc, boot into Recovery Console, and type 'fdisk /mbr'. Reboot. Rejoice in the wonder of XP-ness