Can't Start Vista

Hi,
I just installed openSUSE 10.3 on my laptop. I started the installationprogram from Windows Vista wanting a Dual Boot system.
Everything works fine, but! when i chose "Windows" in the startup menu, it just starts the Linux installationprogram ( a real oldfashioned style one), I cannot access Windows. How do I remove this boot settings? I can see all Windows files from openSUSE.
I'm quite thankful for any answer.

Kind regards,
Hans

Hi,
I just installed openSUSE 10.3 on my laptop. I started the installationprogram from Windows Vista wanting a Dual Boot system.
Everything works fine, but! when i chose "Windows" in the startup menu, it just starts the Linux installationprogram ( a real oldfashioned style one), I cannot access Windows. How do I remove this boot settings? I can see all Windows files from openSUSE.
I'm quite thankful for any answer.

Kind regards,
Hans
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I'm a little confused. When you say you "chose 'Windows' in the startup menu", do you mean that you chose Windows from the bootloader menu (the thing that comes up immediately after powering on the machine)?

Also, it sounds like you still have the install media in the optical drive; an older Win '98 style window will come up and say "Loading Linux kernel" or something like that if this is the case.

I also thought that only Ubuntu had the ability to start the installation from inside Windows? Maybe I'm wrong...

And lastly, while support for writing to ntfs filesystems from inside Linux has improved dramatically, and many people utilize it, I would not advise it.

Thanks for your answer!

Problem solved!

But to answer:

1) Yes I mean choosing Windows from the linux bootmanager that appears just after the startup.
2) I had nothing in my optical drive.
3) Logging into linux as root, I found out, that the linux installationprogram had placed a boot.ini file and som additional files in the windows partition.

4) Solving the problem: I I changed the files in 3) and bootet af windows vista repair disc (can be downloaded for free), it fixed the problems and everything works fine now!

5) Yesterday morning I hated Linux, yesterday evening I was fallen in love with Linux, so great! The only bug is, that the main menu keeps on crashing (gnome), but I've read that this is a common problame.

/Hans