Grub

digipsythe · 04-12-2004, 12:32 AM

So here it is.

I needed the storage space on my windows drive temporarily so I had to get rid of Linux. I used the admistrative tools in win 2000 to get rid of the partitions and then partition the space in NTFS.
Now when I try to boot my computer it gets to a GRUB non-GUI screen. Im sorry I am such a complete newb but I dont know how to get back into windows (or preferably get it to always boot directly into windows). Any help you can offer will be very appriciated

Thanks in advance.
Chance

smartfüd · 04-12-2004, 12:38 AM

Use a boot disk; doesn't even need to be a current one. If you have a Windows 98 boot disk around that will work. When you boot from it, it should load the MS RAMDisk and assign it a drive letter. Into that RAMDisk it should load several utils including fdisk. Run this:

X:\fdisk /mbr

X = the RAMdrive letter

That should clear things out so Windows can reassert control over the MBR and load its info back in without Grub's remnants causing issue.