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Can't edit Boot options after failed Vista install

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TurboFool

Junior Member
Alright, so I tried to install the latest Vista build off of a mounted image yesterday and it failed. I'm now left with a couple folder on my C drive that shouldn't be there (temporary Windows installation folders from what I can tell, as well as one hidden folder named Boot), and a boot menu that includes "Windows," "Legacy Windows (Pre-Longhorn Installation)," and "Windows Setup." I went ahead and edited the boot.ini file to remove the unwanted entries as I have every time before, but after removing them the boot menu is unchanged. They're definitely gone from the boot.ini file, but something else is controlling my boot.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to edit/remove this menu?
 
I used Startup and Recovery in System Properties to edit it, as I have with all the previous versions of Vista I've installed.

That said, I finally backed up an image of my C drive and then deleted the "boot" folder and the other two Vista-related installation folders from my C drive and the system booted just fine, so crisis averted. Still, with this new boot system it seems as though altering my boot settings and removing the latest Vista beta won't be as easy as it was in previous builds.
 
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