[plug] Crashed Linux Installation
Timothy White
weirdo at tigris.org
Tue Nov 30 21:52:03 WST 2004
The official GRUB uninstall info is here
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q12
You will probably want to try some of the stuff here
http://www.ntcompatible.com/thread28242-1.html
(Useful Extracts from above site)
A possible reason that fdisk /mbr doesn't work
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> Check that your windows partition is set to ACTIVE.
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> I tried the "fdisk /mbr" & still had Grub showing also.
> After checking fdisk again, I noticed the /mbr option had removed the ACTIVE flag.
> This seemed to have done the trick for me.
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Specifically if you can't remove grub
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> alternatively, you can use grub to help you to boot your windows by directing the GRUB to load your NTLoader.
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> grub> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> grub> makeactive
> grub> chainloader +1
> grub> boot
>
> Assuming your Windows is in HDD 1 and partition 1.
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