Deleting linux MBR so it boots to windows

I know this sounds crazy on why I would ever want to do this but, All my files are on my windows partition and I havn't had time yet to make the full transition over to a linux OS. So in more detail when the computer boots up I want it to go straight to the windows OS without having to load grub or lilo. I deleted the linux parition and now when I start up the grub loader can't be found so it loads this black screen with some typing and then a command line that looks like this:

grub> _

Anybody know how to get rid of this?

This depends on your version of Windows. What do you have?

Windows 2000 Professional

I have done this before.

Use a Windows 98 boot floppy: http://www.dewassoc.com/download/Win98boot.zip

Boot to the floppy, and run fdisk /mbr

You should then be able to boot to Win2k

I found this advice here: http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/multib..._win2k_fix.htm

hi
not necesarily u need a floppy u can do the same after booting with win 98 cdrom also

regards

You could also use a linux live cd, if you wanted to do it with style!

hi gunter
can u specify what is the method with using linux live CD
something related to

#dd

i have not much idea about that

regards
gaurav

Thanks for the suggestions

I'll make sure to try the windows 98 boot way.

Now how exactly would I do it with a LiveCD though?
And what Live distro would probably work best?

Disclaimer: This is straight from memory do not try this at home without verification from a second party!

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=128 count=1

BTW, I use LNX (http://www.lnx-bbc.org/) as it allows me to do some 'fixes' such as this. And because it fits on a mini-CD, I can keep it with me wherever I go.

boot your windows 2000 cd, run recovery console (press R when done booting), then type fixmbr in the console...