Re: Uninstalling GRUB

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>You didn't look hard enough (or maybe too hard) : )
>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q12
>Actually, the instructions there aren't that great.  I think you can
>boot from a Win98 boot floopy, if you have one, and run the "fdisk
>/mbr" command mentioned on the above site.  I think that should work
>fine for WinXP.  You can also boot your WinXP disk with the recovery
>console and run "fixmbr" as John Cox suggested.  There may be issues
>with this if you have upgraded to SP2 and still have an SP1 install
>disk.  If this is the case, I suggest going the fdisk /mbr route.
>There are also other boot loaders around that you might be able to
>install in Windows if you have trouble with the above suggestions.
>I think Mohamed Ameur misunderstood what you wanted to do.  You want
>to have one WinXP machine (this one) and one dedicated Linux machine
>(another box), is that right?  If so, you should be able to just move
>your Linux harddisk over to the new Linux-only box without
>re-installing (or at least it's theoretically possible, I've heard of
>cases where that has worked).

>Jonathan

Thanks guys.  That website seems helpful, so I think I'll be able to figure it out from here.  I guess I'll try putting the windows boot loader back on.  You'll know if I come across any more problems.  Thanks!   JKW


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