Vista upgrade issues

[Guest Blacky]

Hi I just received a new computer from Dell running vista basic. Everything

was going fine until I purchased a vista business edition thru the Education

Dept. I installed the business version but somehow I am now running 2 x

operating systems - Basic and Business. When the computer boots it asks each

time which system to start - basic or business - it does this on a black

screen. I have now decided I prefer home basic but don't know how to remove

the business operating system - if this is possible??

I don't have great skills with computers but I am learning (the hard way!)

If anyone can help I would appreciate it??

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista upgrade issues

 

You can use Vistaboot Pro to remove the entry from the boot options screen.

 

"Blacky" <Blacky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:53E5FDAF-5395-4BCA-8584-5F2E003D5C6B@microsoft.com...

> Hi I just received a new computer from Dell running vista basic.

> Everything

> was going fine until I purchased a vista business edition thru the

> Education

> Dept. I installed the business version but somehow I am now running 2 x

> operating systems - Basic and Business. When the computer boots it asks

> each

> time which system to start - basic or business - it does this on a black

> screen. I have now decided I prefer home basic but don't know how to

> remove

> the business operating system - if this is possible??

> I don't have great skills with computers but I am learning (the hard way!)

> If anyone can help I would appreciate it??

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Vista upgrade issues

 

Blacky,

Download Colin's recommended VistaBootPro from here:

http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2

Carlos

 

"Blacky" wrote:

> Hi I just received a new computer from Dell running vista basic. Everything

> was going fine until I purchased a vista business edition thru the Education

> Dept. I installed the business version but somehow I am now running 2 x

> operating systems - Basic and Business. When the computer boots it asks each

> time which system to start - basic or business - it does this on a black

> screen. I have now decided I prefer home basic but don't know how to remove

> the business operating system - if this is possible??

> I don't have great skills with computers but I am learning (the hard way!)

> If anyone can help I would appreciate it??

[Guest Blacky]

RE: Vista upgrade issues

 

Hi and thanks for your help here. I managed to get Vista basic to be the

preferred system in the boot menu but vista business is listed as well. If I

do nothing now at boot up vista basic eventually starts up. When I go to

vistaboot pro it prompts to do a backup of the BCD Registry but I am not

sure where to find the path to the BCD Registry?? Also on this program do I

delete vista business on the Manage OS Entry??

Also is there any way to remove vista business from my computer as it is

installed on Disk D (Recovery) and there is only 1.38MB of memory left on

this drive due to vista business being installed there.

Sorry to be a pest and thanks for helping an inexperienced user.

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Blacky,

> Download Colin's recommended VistaBootPro from here:

> http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2

> Carlos

>

> "Blacky" wrote:

>

> > Hi I just received a new computer from Dell running vista basic. Everything

> > was going fine until I purchased a vista business edition thru the Education

> > Dept. I installed the business version but somehow I am now running 2 x

> > operating systems - Basic and Business. When the computer boots it asks each

> > time which system to start - basic or business - it does this on a black

> > screen. I have now decided I prefer home basic but don't know how to remove

> > the business operating system - if this is possible??

> > I don't have great skills with computers but I am learning (the hard way!)

> > If anyone can help I would appreciate it??

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista upgrade issues

 

You may save the bcd backup anywhere you want.

 

If you are going to dual boot VHB and VB then leave the entries alone. Use

VistaBoot Pro to reduce the wait time to boot to a few seconds.

 

If you are going to delete VB then use VistaBoot Pro to remove the entry

from the boot menu.

 

You had better contact the manufacturer of your computer before removing

files from the recovery partition so that you know which files to leave. It

will be more than just the image file used to restore VHB.

 

"Blacky" <Blacky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EC2C9504-932A-42FB-B5E7-9589815ADB82@microsoft.com...

> Hi and thanks for your help here. I managed to get Vista basic to be the

> preferred system in the boot menu but vista business is listed as well. If

> I

> do nothing now at boot up vista basic eventually starts up. When I go to

> vistaboot pro it prompts to do a backup of the BCD Registry but I am not

> sure where to find the path to the BCD Registry?? Also on this program do

> I

> delete vista business on the Manage OS Entry??

> Also is there any way to remove vista business from my computer as it is

> installed on Disk D (Recovery) and there is only 1.38MB of memory left on

> this drive due to vista business being installed there.

> Sorry to be a pest and thanks for helping an inexperienced user.

>

> "Carlos" wrote:

>

>> Blacky,

>> Download Colin's recommended VistaBootPro from here:

>> http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2

>> Carlos

>>

>> "Blacky" wrote:

>>

>> > Hi I just received a new computer from Dell running vista basic.

>> > Everything

>> > was going fine until I purchased a vista business edition thru the

>> > Education

>> > Dept. I installed the business version but somehow I am now running 2 x

>> > operating systems - Basic and Business. When the computer boots it asks

>> > each

>> > time which system to start - basic or business - it does this on a

>> > black

>> > screen. I have now decided I prefer home basic but don't know how to

>> > remove

>> > the business operating system - if this is possible??

>> > I don't have great skills with computers but I am learning (the hard

>> > way!)

>> > If anyone can help I would appreciate it??

[Guest Gary Mount]

Re: Vista upgrade issues

 

You can right click computer and select properties. Then select the Advanced

system settings. In the Advanced tab, select Settings... in the Startup and

Recovery section. From there I think you can figure out what to do. For

example you can change the time to display list of operating systems as well

as not to display this at all and boot directly into a default operating

system. You can choose which is the default one as well.

 

"Blacky" <Blacky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:53E5FDAF-5395-4BCA-8584-5F2E003D5C6B@microsoft.com...

> Hi I just received a new computer from Dell running vista basic.

> Everything

> was going fine until I purchased a vista business edition thru the

> Education

> Dept. I installed the business version but somehow I am now running 2 x

> operating systems - Basic and Business. When the computer boots it asks

> each

> time which system to start - basic or business - it does this on a black

> screen. I have now decided I prefer home basic but don't know how to

> remove

> the business operating system - if this is possible??

> I don't have great skills with computers but I am learning (the hard way!)

> If anyone can help I would appreciate it??