Uninstalling grub more comlicated than it seems bet you cant figure this out

dmanlikespie · 12-14-2010, 10:03 PM

well when i put that command i screwed something up. Now i have noo booting at all and now im just trying to boot an os.

dmanlikespie · 12-14-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

That is, as I mentioned before, because of just copying the files to the flash-disk doesn't work. You also need a bootloader on the flash-disk.

Do you have any suggestions of a boot loader?

TobiSGD · 12-14-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dmanlikespie

well when i put that command i screwed something up. Now i have noo booting at all and now im just trying to boot an os.

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Be aware that you will not be able to boot Windows at all, if you do that

I have warned you about that.

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Do you have any suggestions of a boot loader?

You can use the SuperGrubDisk to boot your installed OS. But I doubt that you can use it to run the XP-installer from the flash-drive.
But you should be able to use Grub4DOS to boot directly from the .iso-file, as I mentioned before.

dmanlikespie · 12-14-2010, 10:57 PM

I FINALLY GOT THE WINDOWS MBR BACK I LOVE CMD! Id like to thank you for your time load of help for a windows guy!!

JZL240I-U · 12-15-2010, 03:11 AM

GRUB makes a copy of your MBR during its install. Look for it in /boot or /boot/grub. It should contain your Windows MBR if you installed GRUB only once. Put it back with dd if you want to.

<edit> Uuuups. A two pages thread. After posting I realized that you solved it already (how?) </edit>

dmanlikespie · 12-15-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JZL240I-U

GRUB makes a copy of your MBR during its install. Look for it in /boot or /boot/grub. It should contain your Windows MBR if you installed GRUB only once. Put it back with dd if you want to.

<edit> Uuuups. A two pages thread. After posting I realized that you solved it already (how?) </edit>

well i took a flash drive and opened cmd. used diskpart created a new partition cleared set it as active. Then I gave it a drive letter then used another command to copy the windows 7 files to the flash drive(i had the windows 7 iso mounted). then when that was completed grub picked it up/or recognized it and booted it then i used the cmd in the repair menu and put recovery....exe /fixmbr of course and it succeded.

TobiSGD · 12-15-2010, 03:34 PM

That is a very creative way, I would not have tried that.

dmanlikespie · 12-15-2010, 03:44 PM

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That is a very creative way, I would not have tried that.

thanks. as i said before im pretty good with windows. and ive still got a long way to go on learning more as i am 15. i recently got suspended for 10 days for hacking power school(and i mean real not this same computer crap),changing grades and putting money on my lunch account. ha you got any fun things to mess with let me know.

TobiSGD · 12-16-2010, 04:58 AM

It would be better for your school, and maybe for your grades, if you had shown them how you did that, instead of cheating.

dmanlikespie · 12-16-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

It would be better for your school, and maybe for your grades, if you had shown them how you did that, instead of cheating.

actually i did and im being hired by our head tech person and i help um fix it.... basic sql injection lol