Windows Vista use tutorial to uninstall Vista

After installing Windows Vista, you may find that some applications will have some problems in Windows Vista - and we strongly emphasize the reason for checking system compatibility before installing Windows Vista - And want to return the system to the previously used version, such as Windows XP. Anyway, and for other reasons, you want to uninstall Windows Vista. Here is a brief introduction to how to uninstall Windows Vista.

Windows Vista is the uninstallation of the PC's only operating system

For the case where only one Windows Vista operating system is installed on the PC, uninstalling is relatively simple, and backing up important data files such as Word documents. After the mail, etc., directly format the hard disk partition.

Uninstallation of Windows Vista coexisting with other operating systems

As we mentioned earlier, Windows Vista uses Windows 2000/XP different Boot Loader. After installing Windows Vista, the hard disk boot process That is, Windows Boot Manger (bootmgr) takes over, so directly deleting Windows Vista in a dual boot/multiboot system will cause the boot loader to fail when the system starts up.

The following is an example of how to uninstall Windows Vista by installing Windows Vista and Windows XP in the system and booting into their respective systems in a dual boot mode.

A simple way to install Windows XP and Windows Vista in different partitions

1. Log in to Windows XP as an administrator account, right click on the desktop "My "Computer" icon, select "Manage", in the pop-up "Computer Management" window, select "Storage" => "Disk Management";
2. select the Windows Vista installation partition, select "Format" in the right-click menu - - Of course, if important data is stored in the partition, please backup it in advance;
3. enter "msconfig" in the run dialog, start the system configuration utility, then select the "BOOT.INI" tab, click on the "" Check all startup paths";
4. Click "OK" and "Apply" after the check is completed. At this time, the system will ask if you want to restart. You should select "Exit without restarting"
5. Next, in the system disk such as C : Find the following files in the root directory and delete them. - First set the viewing options of the folder, the settings can see the system files and hidden files.
   Boot (directory)]
   Boot.BAK
   BOOTSECT.BAK
   If you cannot delete it due to insufficient permissions, first let the administrator take ownership of the file or directory and set the delete permission.
   
   

   Then restart your computer.
   

   This method is relatively simple to operate. The disadvantage is that it does not completely eliminate the Windows Vista installation that exists in the system. However, in most cases, Windows XP can be started and running normally.
   

   Complex situations such as Windows Vista and XP installed in the same partition or multiple boot uninstallation
   
   

   For complex installation scenarios such as multiple boot or hope to completely clear Windows Vista To install, you need to use the Windows XP Recovery Console.
   

   1. Entering the BIOS Setup PC starts from the CD-ROM drive, inserts the Windows XP installation CD into the CD-ROM drive, and starts the system;
   2. When the startup screen of the installation option appears, select “R” to enter the recovery console; (Note: If your system requires an additional SATA/RAID driver, you should first press the "F6" before loading this screen to load the corresponding driver.)
   3. Select the Windows XP system you want to log in to, and the system will give the corresponding For the list of operating systems, enter the correct serial number;
   4. enter the administrator password for repair;
   5. run the "fixboot" command to rewrite the boot information of the system hard disk;
   6. enter "exit" to exit the fault recovery control The console is rebooted. At this point, the Windows Vista Boot Loader has been removed from the system.
   7. Starting into Windows XP, if your Windows Vista is installed in a separate partition, you can use Disk Manager to format the partition directly as described above; for more complicated situations, such as Windows Vista shared with other systems. Partition, you can directly delete the Windows Vista directory or files, such as "Windows", "Users" and other directories;
   8. Similarly, according to the method described above, delete the "Boot" directory under the root directory of the system hard disk and " Boot.BAK", "BOOTSECT.BAK" file and "bootmgr" file. As for the recycle bin, you can judge whether to delete it according to the situation;
   9. Right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties" => "Advanced" "=> "Startup and Recovery" => "Settings", check if Windows XP is the default operating system, if not, set it as default;
   10. Click the "Edit" button on this page, this will Use Notepad to open the "boot.ini" file, find the settings related to Windows Vista and delete them one by one;
   11. For security reasons, you can use "msconfig" to check the startup items after completing the above steps. No setting is correct, click "Check all boot paths" in the system configuration utility "BOOT.INI" page as shown above, and it appears "It seems that all Microsoft operating system lines in BOOT.INI are correct" - Quite awkwardly, it is estimated that some people of Microsoft China need to be rebuilt according to the standards of primary school language teachers. - That is, you are done.