I had my laptop as a duo boot (ubuntu / vista). I decided to sell the laptop. I want it back to the factory default settings.
Steps I took and results...
hit "repair my computer" in boot options..
Grub is still booting to ubuntu if windows isn't selected..
deleted linux partition and formatted it to ntfs so that windows will recognize it... (bad move)
computer just boots to a grub error...DUH! I know! So my attempt to fix it so far...
created super grub 2 boot cd...
will only boot to windows when using the cd...
That's where I am at now..
If I had the live vista cd, I may can fix the mbr and boot to vista, but I don't have it. So are there any ideals on how to fix this to boot to Vista without using grub?
Thank you

What you need is a vista installation CD which has the files need to restore its' bootloader to the master boot record. Deleting the Ubuntu partition just means that when your machine boots with part of Grub in the mbr, it looks for the remaining necessary files on the partition you deleted. You could try the site below which offers a repair disk to download:

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/

well I do have a vista recovery cd that came from another dell computer, it's the same version of vista. I'll give that a try and just see what happens. thank you.

From what I have read about vista Recovery CDs, it probably won't work but it's worth a try. The standard Recovery CD will not contain the necessary windows files needed to restore the bootloader. These files are usually only on a full installation CD so if your Recovery CD doesn't work, you might need to download the neosmart one. I'd give the CD you have a shot first. I've never used vista myself so have never had to try it.

I had the same problem bro, all you need it's your Windows Installation CD, you boot from it, than when it shows the part where you have to choose your keyboard and language, you type on your keyboard Shift+F10 and Command Prompt will be opened. If this doesn't work, you can run the installer and go to a point where it shows somewhere Repair your computer, than you can choose Command Prompt.
In command prompt run this command:
BootRec.exe /fixmbr .
Though this may work, for me it did not work, so i used this other command:
BootRec.exe /RebuildBcd (but this will work only if you delete grub entirely. You can do that with Superboot manager in Linux, be careful with this, if you fail to repair Windows MBR (Windows Master Boot Record) you're going to have to re install Windows.
These are also two other commands you can use with BootRec.exe /FixBoot and /ScanOs
This worked for me in Windows 7 & 8. I hope I helped.

Is your sytem 64-bit or 32-bit?
rc7 iso's are available to repair system.
I have the rc7-64bit, but not 32bit.
You can get it online for about $10 us

On XP anyway, if you put in the windows cd and looked through the recovery options, their was a utility called FIXBOOT iirc that reformatted the boot partition.