[ltp] Removing Grub

[Justin Nichomoff]

Would running FDISK also wipe out any of the partitions?  Would I have to 
reinstall the OS?

At 09:39 AM 8/12/2002 +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
>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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