please help me, I want to go back to vista now :(

[bebo92]

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

 

[seekermeister]

Since you want to regress to Vista, I assume that you are having problems with W7. 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 W7 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 W7, or a separate harddrive?

 

[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

 

[kokoz1635]

me too

 

[seekermeister]

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.

 

[bebo92]

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

 

[Barman58]

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 win7 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 win7 partition as this operation will wipe the partition before installing vista

 

[bebo92]

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

 

[gregrocker]

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 Win7 with Vista, or do you want to add a third partition for Vista? Make it clear what you want to do.

 

[bebo92]

this is the picture of my disk management
yes i want to install vista on the partition im having windows 7 installed

 

[gregrocker]

Boot the Vista DVD, select Custom install, select C partition where Win7 is now installed, use Drive Tools (advanced) to format first, then install Vista there. It will update the MBR in XP to make a dual boot.

If you want to install Vista to the empty H partition, it will configure a multi-boot with XP and Win7.

In either case you should not lose the ability to boot XP as it will retain the MBR. If an OS is missing from the boot menu, we can help you add it using EasyBCD 2.0

 

[bebo92]

thank you for the quick reply.
i can start installation now
hope to see you in an hour or 2 with no loss of booting Os options

 

[bebo92]

ive installed vista now but i dont have any idea what is wrong with it!
i could install the graphics card and some other stuffs but its hanging and says windows explorer is not responding i set my internet connection but it doesnt seems to work~
right now im on xp everytime its hanging im not able to do anything :shock: where do i go lol
poor me if vista doesnt work ill have to stick with windows 7.and oh yes best part is i did not loose any boot options hope it will be alright if i have to go back to using windows 7 thank you all for the help anyway.great support

 

[bebo92]

ohh i got the internet working now as usual vista and its driver detecting problems well any help needed ill ask you guys thanks again (L)

 

[Barman58]

Glad to see you're progressing

For more specific help on Vista issues have a look at our sister site Vista Forums a lot of the same members as here are at that site plus a lot of vista specialists

 

[bebo92]

well i wanted to know another thing,that is if i ever want to install another Os like say for example if i would want to install windows 7 on the same partition that i did,do i have to format it the same as i did yesterday?
and would i loose any boot options then? not upgrade but just dual boot

 

[Barman58]

Win7 should definitely find and include the XP install if re-installed in the future and retain the Dual boot. I cannot speak for all Linux or other alternative but a long as they were developed after XP they should also cause no problems on this issue

 

[bebo92]

hmm looks like i have to go back to windows 7.but never mind its benefits me anyway
my vista is acting different every time i don't know what is wrong with it.explorer keeps encountering a problem .i've done all updates necessary & what annoys me most is when i open the task manager and look at it using 700+ mb of ram lol i used to love looking at windows 7 task manager using just 300+ anyway.vista - 7 both the same thing with a little difference anyway planing to install 7 in a few days