Uninstalling GRUB

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Grykus

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All right, so I've gotten my self in one mighty big mess.
I've been Dual-Booting Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit and Linux Ubuntu 9.04 for a while now. And just today I decided I didn't want Ubuntu any more. So I loaded up in to Vista and deleted the Ubuntu partition. I then extended the Vista partition to fill up the new 70 GB of unallocated space.

After running a Defrag I restarted my computer, but it still tries to load GRUB 1.5. And every time it end up getting Error 22. I can no longer access Windows and I'm on these forums thanks to a Linux Live-CD.

I need a way to get rid of GRUB for good.

My PC Specs:
80GB Hard Drive + 160GB Hard Drive
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit Upgrade Disc
2GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS
Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz

Thanks,
Will
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Hi Will,

Do not worry, boot into your Vista DVD and click Repair (your computer) Let startup repair finish, then see if the issue is resolved. If this does not fix your problem, see this website, it has every step all on one page: Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

There is a download link to another webpage where you can download a Vista CD with repair features only if you do not have a Vista DVD with repair features.

Richard
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
    Motherboard
    Stock Dell 0TP406
    Memory
    4 gb (DDR2 800) 400MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MBytes)
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x Dell 2007FP and 1 x (old) Sonic flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1204
    Hard Drives
    1 x 640Gb (SATA 300)
    Western Digital: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0

    1 x 1Tb (SATA 600)
    Western Digital: Caviar Black, SATA 6GB/S, 64Mb cache, 8ms
    Western Digital: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
    PSU
    Stock PSU - 375W
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    Dell XPS 420
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    Stock Fan
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    Dell Bluetooth
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    Advent Optical ADE-WG01 (colour change light up)
    Internet Speed
    120 kb/s
    Other Info
    ASUS USB 3.0 5Gbps/SATA 6Gbps - PCI-Express Combo Controller Card (U3S6)
Hello Grykus,
Is this what you are looking for ?.

You can use dd command from Linux itself (it removes partition table):

# dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1

From this site.

How to uninstall GRUB

Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
I've already tried both those options, when I use the Vista Startup Repair it says No Problems Found. Yet the problem still persists. As for the dd Command when I use it literally nothing happens.

Thanks for the speedy replies guys.
 

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If you have someone who can download and burn a CD for you this SuperGrub fix may work:

UninstallGRUB - Super Grub Disk Wiki

Supposedly it marks the Windows partition active and puts code in the MBR to boot that partition. Sounds like it may work without a saved MBR. When doing these mixed OS setups it's always a good idea to get a utility you can boot from USB to put a saved MBR back on. Copying the MBR is easy, a driver on the USB that recognizes your HD controller can be sticky though.

Oh, I almost forgot. With anything bootable, you can't find anything these guys don't know about:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?

I asked there and they showed me how to put my Windows boot manager program on a USB key drive. You boot the USB and get the same menu as when you boot your healthy HD. It's particular to the PC you made it from though. Kind of imitates the old Linux boot diskette that would load your Linux from HD after booting the floppy. Very cool.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
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