What is the proper procedure to remove Vista from a dual boot Vista/XP install?

[LeviathanZERO]

I have 2 partitions on one drive; XP on one partition, Vista 64 on the other.
How can I format the Vista partition without messing up the regular boot sequence? Is there a way I could disable the boot menu from XP and then format the Vista partition?

Basically, what I'm asking is...
What is the proper procedure to remove Vista from a dual boot Vista/XP install. Thanks in advance

EDIT: misleading title

 

[Joe Average]

Format the Vista partition to get rid of it. Put in the XP CD, boot off it, go to the Recovery Console (not Repair Installation which is what most people do and that's incorrect). At the Recovery Console when you get to the command prompt and you choose the installation (the XP one since the Vista one should be gone at that point), you type the following commands in this order:

fixmbr (then press Enter, press Y for Yes, press Enter again - this wipes the Vista bootloader permanently)

fixboot (then press Enter, press Y for Yes, press Enter again - this puts the XP bootloader back in place)

Done. If you do them backwards - reverse the sequence - you'll screw it up, so do it right the first time.

Simple.

 

[LeviathanZERO]

nice. thanks!