Removing Grub

[Dave Foran]

Subject: Re: Removing Grub


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> Andrew Wood wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a dual boot conferation at the moment: XP on C:, Fedora 4 on the
> > other.
> >
> > I'd like to remove the GRUB boot loader from C: so that it simply boots
> > into XP - as it did before I install GRUB. Then I'll replace this drive
> > with another larger disk on C:, and transfer the old C: disk to another
> > computer for use as a windows only machine.
> >
> > Without re-installing XP on C: how do I go about doing that?
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> Andrew:
>
> boot from you windows install disk, find the repair console where you
> get a C\: prompt and enter

Grab an old 6.22 dos boot disk and boot of it and drop to dos and type fdisk
/mbr
works like a champ also

Dave



>
> fixmbr
>
> That will restore your mbr to standard XP
>
> Note that you may likely have to reload Windows on the new machine
> unless it has similar motherboard, memory buses, graphics etc. ass
> windows will only install drivers for the hardware it sees at install.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Scott
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