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From: Maratonmannen on 23 Sep 2006 10:38
I have tried with taking ownership, but failed to delete the folder. Must
have missed something.
Will try next time a Vista build is out.

Now dualbooting x64 with Vista 5728.

Thanks for your answers!

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Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
Core 2 Extreme X6800
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4GB DDR2 800MHz
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"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> John is correct, you should first ensure that you're booting via the XP boot
> process.
>
> There's normally no need to delete the boot folder, unless you're not
> planning to ever boot into Vista again or ever install it again. But if that
> were the case, you'd have to take ownership of the folder and all files in
> the folder, then change the permissions on the files to give yourself full
> control, then delete them.
>
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
>
> Maratonmannen wrote:
> > I can boot into XP as normal. There is no bootloader, XP just starts.
> >
> > My question was, How do I delete the Boot folder in XP?
> > Let´s say I will not dualboot anymore, then I have no need for the Boot
> > folder in XP C:\Boot
> >
> >
> >> Have you repaired the MBR so you are booting thru ntldr instead of the
> >> Vista boot file? If not use VistaBootPro or EasyBCD to change your boot
> >> process.
> >>
> >> "Maratonmannen" <Maratonmannen(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:F23C1418-04F5-4522-8747-035C18D9561F(a)microsoft.com...
> >>> I am dualbooting XP x64 and Vista. Now when I want to install a new
> >>> build of
> >>> Vista, I want to delete everything Vista related.
> >>> I have formatted the Vista partion, deleted Bootsect.BAK and Boot.BAK
> >>> and edited boot.ini. When trying to delete the Boot folder, I get the
> >>> following
> >>> error message:
> >>> "Cannot delete bootfix.bin: Access is denied.
> >>> Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is
> >>> not currently in use."
> >>> With previous Vista builds it was no problem to delete the Boot folder.
> >>> This
> >>> is new to Pre-RC1.
> >>> I have also done a XP repair with the recovery console and ran fixboot,
> >>> but
> >>> it did not help. Nor Safe Mode with the Administrator account.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
> >>> Core 2 Extreme X6800
> >>> RAPTOR 2x150 GB RAID 0 (ICH7R)
> >>> 4GB DDR2 800MHz
> >>> GeForce 7800GTX (91.47)
> >>> Samsung 24"
> >>> Enermax 660W 35A@+12V
> >>> LAN 100/100
>
>
>
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