Restore bootloader vista

You may change the boot order. If you are satisfied with this operation, exit Easy. BCD and reboot the computer. You should see the Windows boot menu that you saw on the first page of this article. This last image was taken from a tutorial written for Chakra. Bonus Info — What do you do, if after setting up a dual- boot system between Windows and Linux you decide that you no longer what to use Linux? Delete the Linux partitions. This screen shot is from a test installation I did. The Linux partitions are indicated in red.

That is all you need to do. What if you decide, after playing with Linux for a while, that you like it better than Windows, and want to get rid of Windows? At this point, you have a clean , untouched, and hopefully fully-working bootloader with one entry for Windows. If the above instructions did not work for you, you should give our Windows recovery disks a try. Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows was developed as a one-click bootable repair CD that will automated all the above steps and more.

The entire EasyRE repair process is fully automated, and really is just point-and-click. Propose an edit. Download Easy Recovery Essentials. Windows Vista install screen. Via command lines 1.

Check that the partition from which Windows boots has the 'boot' flag. For XP and Vista, this is normally the main C: partition. There are also more exotic configurations where two versions of Windows have been installed to the same hard drive, or where the main Windows partition is a logical one.

In these cases there will be a single primary partition with the Windows boot files which needs to be marked as active, and you will need to identify which this is. In such cases you will need to adjust the command appropriately.

Here you can modify the menu order and select a default system. Thank you very much. Saved me hours of… well no I looked around for hours, but this is much quicker! Best instructions on repairing the Vista bootloader. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please click on the following link to open the newsletter signup page: Ghacks Newsletter Sign up. Ghacks is a technology news blog that was founded in by Martin Brinkmann. It has since then become one of the most popular tech news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers.

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