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Question

I have windows xp on my computer and i also downloaded kubuntu on it by putting the disk in and then turning the computer and it downloaded it. But i don't want it in anymore. And to remove the grub thing that pops out when i start my computer? How do i remove it without deleting windows xp! And i do not have my boot disk for windows xp but i do have the kubuntu disk!

Answer 1

So......for all of you who have a dual-boot system and are looking to remove Ubuntu for now, here are some tips. NEVER NEVER NEVER just remove the Ubuntu partitions - you won't be able to boot Windows because the information pointed to by your master boot record will be gone. Instead, follow these easy steps:



(1) Boot you Windows installation

(2) Click on this link Get Mbrfix

(3) Download the program, unzip it and copy it to your root folder (I'll assume c:\)

(4) Open up the command prompt in Windows by going to start/accessories/command prompt

(5) Type:

cd \ and press "Enter"

mbrfix /drive 0 fixmbr /yes and press "Enter"



*PLEASE NOTE* The above assumes your boot device is device 0 - if you are not sure on this please post for help.



(6) Close the command prompt window





*PLEASE NOTE* The following assumes you want to get rid of your Ubuntu partitions and resize you Windows partition(s) to take up that space. If you do not wish to do so, you can stop now.



(7) Put your Ubuntu LiveCD back in the CD drive and reboot your PC so the the Ubuntu desktop comes up

(8) On the Ubuntu desktop, look at the top menu bar and go to applications/accessories/terminal

(9) When the terminal Window comes up type:

sudo gparted and press "Enter"



This brings up the disk manager. You want to:



(a) delete all non-Windows partitions

(b) resize your Windows partition to be larger (optional - you may want to leave this alone so you can

come back and try Ubuntu again! )



(10) When you have finished deleting the Ubuntu partitions, just restart your PC, removing the CD from the

drive before it boots again.



If everything went correctly, your PC should just automatically boot Windows. Note that on the first boot of Windows after you have changed the disk (especially if you resized the Windows partition), Windows may run a chkdsk - this is normal and should be ok.



If you have already deleted you Linux partitions and are getting grub errors, please try this as suggested by this user (thanks for the neat addition!!)



Trouble shooting:



If, after following this guide, you can not boot to Windows you may need to boot a live CD and manually delete the Ubuntu partition (making it unpartitioned space, adding it to the Windows partition, or formatting it to FAT/NTFS). Additionally you need to be sure the MBR is set for Windows. You will need to search the forums for more help on that. In addition, the following Microsoft articles may be of help:





http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247804



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314458

Answer 2

Well just by the way you described/asked your question...it's obvious that you really don't have any idea what you're doing. In order to get rid of grub you have to rewrite the mbr (master boot record). I would highly suggest you have someone who has half a clue do it for you rather than trying to have someone walk you thru it on yahoo. Sorry. P.S......If you don't know what you're doing.....don't do it.

Answer 3

On a Mac, shift/manage/three takes a snapshot of the monitor. If you press shift/manage/four, you'll click on and drag over the field you desire; the snapshot is taken whilst you unencumber the mouse button.