[plug] grub.?

[Arie Hol]

On 29 Dec 2007 at 12:00, Richard Meyer wrote:

> I think you're out of date here, and the XP way is a prog called
> "fixmbr" IIRC.
> 
> Another way might be to connect the new drive to a different controller 
or
> bung it into a USB cage if you have one ...
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 10:16 +0900, Daniel J. Axtens wrote:
> > > Can anyone tell me how to get rid of GRUB, at least for the time
> > > being.
> > Replacing GRUB is a somewhat risky process, but should you really 
want
> > to remove GRUB, one option available to you is: Under Windows, type, 
at
> > command line, "fdisk /mbr".
> > 

For more up to date info on this one goto: 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927820/en-us


Read under heading "WORKAROUND"

The command is "fixboot" - but must be run from "rescue mode" after 
booting from the Windows XP install disk

HTH

Regards Arie
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