[ltp] Removing Grub

[Tino Keitel]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 14:58:43 -0400, Justin Nichomoff wrote:
> Is there any way to remove the Linux bootloader Grub and replace it with 
> the Windows (NT / 2k / XP) bootloader without damaging either my Windows or 
> Linux partitions?  I recently ran a recovery CD on my Windows partition 
> (after Linux was installed) and it still did not replace the bootloader.
> 
> Thanks for any advice.

This seems to be a bug in all Windows recovery CDs. I also noticed this
behaviour with a recovery CD for a Toshiba Satellite. You can write a
new MRB with the MS-DOS FDISK command: fdisk /mbr will do the trick.
After that your TP will boot from the Windows Partition.

Regards,
Tino

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