Linux help with uninstall

garysully1986

Hi Guys,

Complete idiot here, I thought I could simply re partition my linux drive to remove linux yesterday (Installed about 6 months ago and used it once). I reformatted the free space but when I turned on my laptop this morning it said Error with GRUB??

Has anyone had this problem before I was googling the issue and it said to burn the Windows vista recovery disc and it will fix it?

Anyone got a step by step? Much help is needed

Johnboy1951

garysully1986 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Complete idiot here, I thought I could simply re partition my linux drive to remove linux yesterday (Installed about 6 months ago and used it once). I reformatted the free space but when I turned on my laptop this morning it said Error with GRUB??

Has anyone had this problem before I was googling the issue and it said to burn the Windows vista recovery disc and it will fix it?

Anyone got a step by step? Much help is needed

You have removed the boot manager files (Grub) when you destroyed the partition.
There are facilities on most Win disks to reinstate the Windows boot manager.

You need to write the Win boot manager to the MBR of the disk .... some googling will give you detailed answers.

regards.

garysully1986

Thanks a million,

From what I can see I st have to pop in the recovery disk and run some code and it should fix it, these bloody things are never simple!

Johnboy1951

fixmbr or fixboot I think .... maybe google for that and whatever OS you have ....

http://www.windowsboards.com/general-xp-support/fixboot-vs-fixmbr-what-is-the-difference/

garysully1986

Got it all sorted last night, popped in the recovery disk and fixed the boot manager and hey presto!

Johnboy1951

garysully1986 wrote: »

Got it all sorted last night, popped in the recovery disk and fixed the boot manager and hey presto!

Glad you're sorted

Really simple - when you know how

If you still have a little interest in Linux have a look here, and maybe use it as a live CD or USB to see how it suits.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/
http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=180

Live USB runs much faster than CD so gives a better experience. It is also possible to save changes for the next time when using USB.

Great fun to play with

garysully1986

Yeah I had messed around with it in college and thought it was interesting but when I actually installed it, I hadnt a clue how to do anything with the commands and stuff I could only use the basic features, even installing java took me hours, I felt lik my parents trying to use windows!!! :D:D

Johnboy1951

garysully1986 wrote: »

Yeah I had messed around with it in college and thought it was interesting but when I actually installed it, I hadnt a clue how to do anything with the commands and stuff I could only use the basic features, even installing java took me hours, I felt lik my parents trying to use windows!!! :D:D

Hehe ... can understand that.

The link I gave should allow your parents to use Linux without any problems .... so you should find it even easier

Most users never have to resort to the command line, as there are GUI tools for most everything.

garysully1986

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Hehe ... can understand that.

The link I gave should allow your parents to use Linux without any problems .... so you should find it even easier

Most users never have to resort to the command line, as there are GUI tools for most everything.

I might give it another bash from USB so, the command line was where I started to get lost, I Tried to change something and hadnt a breeze wat I was doing

Johnboy1951

garysully1986 wrote: »

I might give it another bash from USB so, the command line was where I started to get lost, I Tried to change something and hadnt a breeze wat I was doing

If you decide to go with the one I linked to then you will find all sorts of useful info here

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/

Good luck with your venture