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Old 06-11-2008, 12:57 AM   #1
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Exclamation Removing Ubuntu-With a ridiculously complicated hard drive setup!


A while ago, I installed Ubuntu on by computer to dual boot with Windows XP. I have two hard drives, a C drive, and a G drive. Windows is installed on the C drive, and Ubuntu is installed on one half of the enormous G drive. (Windows has the other half)

I don't really use Ubuntu anymore, (didn't quite work for me) and I'm running out of space fast in my windows partitions. I really need to uninstall Ubuntu so I can use that space to store my... various articles.

Simple, right?

Not so much. My hard drives seem to have become sort of... interdependent. I can't load Windows without the G drive, and I can't load Ubuntu without the C drive. So if I remove Ubuntu, I'm afraid my computer will be, essentially, killed without Ubuntu there.

How can I remove Ubuntu from my machine without screwing it up? Will it even make a difference? I REALLY need the 125 gigs Ubuntu has.

Please help!
 
Old 06-11-2008, 04:43 AM   #2
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1. Boot to Ubuntu
2. use 'fdisk' to mark the WinDos partition as 'bootable'
3. Boot to WinDos
4. Use the 'fixmbr' program to 'fix' the MBR of the WinDos disk.
5. Reboot and bring up the BIOS configuration - make sure that it is set to boot from the WinDos disk first
6. Boot to WinDos and repartition/reformat the Ubuntu disk
 
Old 06-11-2008, 09:12 AM   #3
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I think I'll try that, and just hope it doesn't f*** up my computer...
 
  


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