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Made a mess when removing dual-boot

radiospan · 2007-02-22 20:52:28

I was running just Windows XP on my laptop, but I installed Kubuntu on a new partition (made by the installer). I was multi-booting (I could select Kubuntu or Windows XP when starting up) I wanted to get rid of Kubuntu, so I did it (the wrong way) by using PartitionMagic in Windows to delete the Linux partition. My laptop…

22-02-2007 9:52pm

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radiospan

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I was running just Windows XP on my laptop, but I installed Kubuntu on a new partition (made by the installer).

I was multi-booting (I could select Kubuntu or Windows XP when starting up)

I wanted to get rid of Kubuntu, so I did it (the wrong way) by using PartitionMagic in Windows to delete the Linux partition.

My laptop still tries to boot something called GRUB (installed with Kubuntu), and I get an error now before it can boot to Windows or give me an option what to boot to.

How can I fix my MBR to boot to Windows?

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#2 22-02-2007 9:56pm

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Go to the Windows Recovery Console (you have to boot the Windows CD to get to it) and enter the following commands.

fixmbr
fixboot

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#3 22-02-2007 9:57pm

radiospan

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Thanks aidan! So quick!

Finally, some use for the Recovery Console!

I'll try that now.

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