| Windows 7: please help me, I want to go back to vista now :( |
06 Feb 2010
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please help me, I want to go back to vista now :( im using windows 7 ultimate past 2 months i like it,very much like vista i want to go back to vista now
im currently dual booting xp and windows 7 & i want to install vista on the drive that i've installed 7 will it be a problem please help someone  | My System Specs |
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06 Feb 2010
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#2 | | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
Since you want to regress to Vista, I assume that you are having problems with Windows 7. Since this is only your second post, I shall also assume that you haven't delved into solving those problems. That would be better than going back to Vista, but if you have made the decision to do so, just save any data needed from Windows 7 to a safe place, and format, then perform the installation.
If your concern is about the boot menu for the OSs, that would depend on the manner in which they are installed, and the method you use to boot. Is XP on the same drive as Windows 7, or a separate harddrive? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig) |
06 Feb 2010
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ohhh thank you for the reply they are installed on different partitions
earlier windows of windows is the first option and windows 7 is selected as the default.
yes im afraid of loosing the boot.mngr exe thingy | My System Specs | | |
06 Feb 2010
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#5 | | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |

Quote: Originally Posted by bebo92 ohhh thank you for the reply they are installed on different partitions
earlier windows of windows is the first option and windows 7 is selected as the default.
yes im afraid of loosing the boot.mngr exe thingy  Do you have more than one drive? If so, I always recommend installing each OS on a separate drive, while all other drives are disconnected, until the installation is complete. Doing this negates the boot loader all together, because you would choose the OS to boot with the F8 BBS Popup Menu instead. In other words, you would select a harddrive to boot, rather than the OS.
If you only have one drive, and have to separate OSs via partitions, they should be installed in the order of release dates (XP first). In any case, the MBR is going to look for the boot loader where it is last instructed to (the newest installation). Thus, it should have no problem locating the boot loader in the new Vista installation, and the installation should see XP and add it to the boot loader.
Bottomline is that if all goes according to Hoyle, there should be no problem. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig) |
06 Feb 2010
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alright if you say so i'll install it in the partition that is free.
so my Os's would go like this
earlier version of windows
windows 7
and windows vista
what should i do with the partition thats having windows 7 on it
the last time i had the same problem lol i delelted the partition which had windows 7 and when i restarted i got this this that said bootmgr. missing like the image below http://fixexe.com/pictures/bootmgr-is-missing.png
i could remove windows 7 from the msconfig | My System Specs | | |
06 Feb 2010
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 Newport, South Wales, UK |
Whilst you are installing vista you will have the chance to format the drive that vista is destined for, if you point vista to the Windows 7 partition and perform a format vista should create a new boot sector and add vista and xp to it. Make sure that you leave no personal files or other irriplacable items on the Windows 7 partition as this operation will wipe the partition before installing vista | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer) OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz Motherboard Aspire M3400 Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) PSU Stock (400W) Case Acer M3400 Cooling Stock Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle Antivirus Avast Browser Chrome Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s) Bamboo Digitizer tablet
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86) Plus various test systems for new projects |
06 Feb 2010
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well i would like to know again,
please assure me that i wont loose the boot option for windows XP because i want to install vista on the partition where windows 7 is right now,.
if anyone would reply me i would start installing right now  reply soon   anyone thank you in adv | My System Specs | | |
06 Feb 2010
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#9 | | Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
Please post back a screenshot of your full Disk Management drive map, using Snipping Tool in Start Menu, attach file using Paper Clip in Reply box. Then we can advise the exact steps to do what you want.
Do you want to replace Windows 7 with Vista, or do you want to add a third partition for Vista? Make it clear what you want to do. | My System Specs | | |
07 Feb 2010
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this is the picture of my disk management
yes i want to install vista on the partition im having windows 7 installed | My System Specs | | please help me, I want to go back to vista now :( problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:30 AM. | |