Re: uninstalling Linux

From: jimbo (jimbo62_at_spamex.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:41:59 -0700

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

> "jimbo" <jimbo62@spamex.com> wrote in message
> news:10l30jki2n8029@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Gopi wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello everyone,
>>>I have recently installed whitebox linux on windows xp machine, I have
>>>grub loader to manage boot loader. But now a days I need some extra
>>>space so I want to uninstall Linux and try it lateron. But I also want
>>>to save my data on windows xp partition. So how can i safely remove
>>>Linux ???? Please help me.
>>>Thanks,
>>>Gopi
>>
>>If you have a WinXP installation CD, just boot it and select the
>>repair option and then do a fixmbr and a fixboot on the boot drive.
>>That should re-install the WinXP mbr and boot sector. You would need
>>something like Partition Magic to reclaim the linux partition for
>>WinXP. I am not sure what to do if you don't have a WinXP installation
>>CD. (Some WinXP installations only have a "recovery" CD). You could
>>try to find a Win98 boot floppy or a DOS boot floppy and then do a
>>fdisk /mbr to restore a DOS mbr. That should get rid of Grub, but you
>>will probably still have a problem booting WinXP.
>
>
> You can "reclaim" the partition by using a Linux rescue CD or installation
> CD to reset the partition type to something visible to Windows, such as
> FAT32, and even use it to create a file system on a FAT32 disk. I've done
> that before.
>
> I've tried a DOS boot floppy or a Win9x boot floppy. You have to remember
> that they don't speak NTFS, and don't work for this particular task of
> recovering a Win2K or WinXP box back from Linux dual boot. (Note: when I
> want to do that to a machine, it's usually because I've convinced them dual
> boot is problematic and they want a separate Linux box available 24x7.)
>
>

He didn't say if his WinXP was NTFS or FAT32. If it is NTFS, I think
he either has to have a WinXP installation CD and use the repair
feature or have a recovery CD with the repair feature. If he doesn't
have a repair feature he will most likely have to re-install WinXP.

jimbo

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