the return pre vista beta2

Hi: I formatted the first (Primary) partition [L:\] on a second HDD and installed Vista Beta 2. I am now dual booting (earlier Windows is XP Pro SP2) and all is ok.
To uninstall Vista Beta2 and return my system to the exact state it was in before Vista Beta2, what must I do?
Any tips on what to be careful with?
Just format L: from within XP Pro and the dual boot screen is removed?
Something tells me it isn't that simple.
TIA,

You are going to have to edit the boot files for XP, also. Try VistaBootPro or EasyBCD, as both come recommended in this newsgroup.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
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Hi: I formatted the first (Primary) partition [L:\] on a second HDD and installed Vista Beta 2. I am now dual booting (earlier Windows is XP Pro SP2) and all is ok.
To uninstall Vista Beta2 and return my system to the exact state it was in before Vista Beta2, what must I do?
Any tips on what to be careful with?
Just format L: from within XP Pro and the dual boot screen is removed?
Something tells me it isn't that simple.
TIA,

I did this the following way, no mucking around with vista boot pro of easy bcd... boot to XP recovery console (either using installation cd or boot menu for XP if you installed it - optional) use the 'fixboot %1' command where %1 is your primary partition where xp is installed. Reboot the PC and the vista bootloader will be gone and replaced by the old XP one. Now just boot to XP and format the vista partition.
*Note* to use recovery console you must know the admin password of your xp installation.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

You are going to have to edit the boot files for XP, also. Try VistaBootPro or EasyBCD, as both come recommended in this newsgroup.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
rflynn_nospam@sympatico.ca> wrote in message Hi: I formatted the first (Primary) partition [L:\] on a second HDD and installed Vista Beta 2. I am now dual booting (earlier Windows is XP Pro SP2) and all is ok.
To uninstall Vista Beta2 and return my system to the exact state it was in before Vista Beta2, what must I do?
Any tips on what to be careful with?
Just format L: from within XP Pro and the dual boot screen is removed?
Something tells me it isn't that simple.
TIA,