John
Wed Oct 24 18:35:07 PDT 2007
Hi Mart;
Yes, Fdisk /mbr should dislodge the Grub loader. It is fairly easy to
boot with a startup diskette and run the command and redo the partition
at the same time.
As for the "repair" install on ME all I can say is beware the Internet
Explorer soup! If you do not remove IE6 before you try the "repair" you
will end up with an IE5/IE6 soup mix that will be nearly impossible to
fix, for all intents the installation will be nearly, if not completely
trashed!
John
Mart wrote:
> John, FWIW, I can confirm that fdisk /mbr is the correct command to remove
> the (Ubuntu dual) boot menu from the C: drive. I had to use it fairly
> recently myself for the very same reason. However, in my case I'd installed
> Ubuntu onto the second (D:) hard drive and had also to fdisk and re-format
> the D: drive to recover it, due to Ubuntu writing its own format to the
> disk.
>
> In jonescat78's case though, I'm not sure quite what it would have done to
> his C: drive, although Alias appears to suggest that a 'repair install' will
> be necessary - which is the reason I installed it on my D: drive. Sounds a
> bit serious to me (and a potential PITA)
>
> Mart
>
>
> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:OCBSNUoFIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>>Oh jeesh! Excuse me, I must have been half asleep or in a daze when I
>>replied. The command that you need to run is:
>>
>>fdisk /mbr
>>
>>Not to worry too much, running sys c: with the ME diskette on an ME
>>partition will not hurt anything.
>>
>>John
>>
>>John John wrote:
>>
>>>jonescat78 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu
>>>>
>>>
>>>Boot the computer with your Windows ME startup floppy diskette and issue
>>>the following command:
>>>
>>>SYS C:
>>>
>>>That will dislodge the Linux/Ubuntu boot loader from the MBR and return
>>>the boot loader code to the W9x loader.
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>
>
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