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This article describes how to manually restore a previous Windows installation on the
computer to replace the current Windows Vista installation.
To do this, you must use the command prompt, and you must type specific commands at the
command prompt to rename and to move folders between the different versions of Windows.
You may find it easier to follow the steps if you print this article first.
1. Click Start
Important If the Windows.OLD folder does not exist, you cannot follow the steps in
this article to restore the previous Windows installation to this computer.
5. Right-click the Windows.OLD folder.
6. Windows Vista will determine the size of the folder after several seconds.
Determine whether the Windows.OLD folder is smaller than the free space that is available
for Local Disk (C:) in step 2.
Note If the Windows.OLD folder is two times as large as the free space that is available for
the Local Disk (C:) entry, you may be unable to restore the previous Windows installation.
Step 2: Start the Windows Recovery Environment
1. Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the DVD drive, and then restart the
computer.
2. Press a key when you are prompted to restart from the disc.
3. In the Install Windows window, select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard
input method or other input method, and then click Next.
4. In the Install Windows window, click Repair your computer.
5. In the System Recovery Options window, click the version of the Windows Vista
operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
6. In the System Recovery Options window, click Command Prompt.
The Command Prompt window opens, and it displays the command prompt. The command
prompt is where you will type the commands that are described in the following steps.
Note When you type one or more of the commands at the command prompt in the following
steps in this section, and you then press ENTER, you may receive the following message:
The system cannot find the file specified.
If you receive this message, go to the next step in this section, and then type the command in
that next step.
c:
Step 4: Copy the contents or move the contents of the Windows.OLD folder
Type one of the following commands at the command prompt, as appropriate for your
situation.
When the previous Windows installation was Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows 2000
When the previous Windows installation was a different version of Windows Vista
Step 5: Restore the boot sector for the previous Windows installation
Type one of the following commands at the command prompt, as appropriate for your
situation.
Note D: represents the DVD drive in the following commands. If the DVD drive on the
computer is represented by a different letter, such as E:, use that letter in the command.
When the previous Windows installation was Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows 2000
D:\boot\bootsect /nt52 c:
D:\boot\bootsect /nt60 c:
Step 6: Restore the Boot.ini file for the previous Windows installation of
Windows XP or of Windows 2000
Note Only follow these steps when the previous installation is Windows XP or Windows
2000.
c:
attrib boot.ini.saved -s -h -r
ren"boot.ini.saved""boot.ini"
attrib boot.ini +s +h +r
Step 7: Close the Command Prompt window, and then click Restart
1. Type the following command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
exit
2. Click Restart.
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