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Thank you very much for the help guys. &nbsp;The Microsoft article was superb. &nbsp;I now have a MUCH better understanding of the boot process, and why earlier versions of the OS may cause boot problems with Vista.<br />
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After researching the bootsect.exe command, I came across a recommendation to use EasyBCD. &nbsp;It worked perfectly from within its friendly user interface!
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Thank you very much for the help guys.  The Microsoft article was superb.  I now have a MUCH better understanding of the boot process, and why earlier versions of the OS may cause boot problems with Vista.

After researching the bootsect.exe command, I came across a recommendation to use EasyBCD.  It worked perfectly from within its friendly user interface!

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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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I installed Fedora on my laptop with a dual boot configuration, Vista and Fedora. &nbsp;<br />
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GRUB is now the boot manager. &nbsp;Will the Windows boot manager work again if I wipe the Fedora partitions away?
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I installed Fedora on my laptop with a dual boot configuration, Vista and Fedora.  

GRUB is now the boot manager.  Will the Windows boot manager work again if I wipe the Fedora partitions away?

GRUB Boot Loader After Uninstall

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