How do I safely uninstall knoppix from HD?
I put Knoppix on a laptop alongside Win7 and Ubuntu. I tried to password protect grub to make knoppix secure, but to no avail.
How do I remove Knoppix without affecting the other OSes? The grub bootloader was installed by Ubuntu, so can I just wipe the Knoppix partition and update grub to remove the entry? Much obliged. BQ |
Yes and yes, if your bootloader is grub you can simply remove the entry. You can then reformat the partition or do whatever you would like with it.
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You also can use your Windows 7 dvd to fix the loader.
To remove linux you delete the partition(s) and expand your windows 7 using storage mmc in windows. |
Do i remove the entry first or format first?.....or does it not matter?
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Remove the entry from GRUB first!
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Since I'm a noob, I think I'd better also ask advice on the proper way of removing the entry from grub. Is it only the boot/grub/menu.lst that I must edit? If so, which parts? I believe this is the one of the files I attempted to alter when I tried putting passwords on the Knoppix entry which royally messed up Grub :/
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bump
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Bump. ?
You need to have a bootable windows 7 cd/dvd or usb now before it is too late. Make a backup on windows now. Might as well make a password reset disk too. |
Ubuntu was the last OS I installed, so it would be Grub2 from that OS that's running the show. Anyway, I bit the bullet and deleted the Knoppix partition and reinstalled both windows and Ubuntu. Now, for security measures.....
Also, I apologize for the delay in response...been a busy bee |
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