Posted: 8/8/2009 11:17:59 AM EDT
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I'm wanting to "reclaim" my Linux partition and make my computer boot straight into XP again. What do I need to do?
Also, I will be putting Ubunto onto a separate machine. How hare is it to get the codecs and DVD support up and running. A few years ago it was a shit load o fbrain damage. |
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If you're using GRUB as a bootloader, you need to wipe the master boot record. Easiest way to do this is with a Win98 boot disk. OK, so using XP's logical disk manager I'll delete and reformat the Linux areas. Then reboot with a Windows 98 boot disk and FDISK /MBR? That will do it? |
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You have a Windows partition already and you want to merge Linux partition into it? You can use Gparted to do that.
Then, if you have a XP install disk, run the system recovery tool from it and use the FIXMBR command to get rid of your bootloader and reinstate Windows as the only OS on the master boot record. |
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Quoted: Quoted: If you're using GRUB as a bootloader, you need to wipe the master boot record. Easiest way to do this is with a Win98 boot disk. OK, so using XP's logical disk manager I'll delete and reformat the Linux areas. Then reboot with a Windows 98 boot disk and FDISK /MBR? That will do it? Boot with your Ubuntu LiveCD, and use GParted to nuke the partitions holding your ext3 filesystems, swap partition, etc. Then extend your NTFS partition to fill the (now) free space. Once that's done, boot with an XP CD, pop into the recovery console and run fixmbr. Voila! Standard disclaimer: Back yer shit up first. |