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Uninstall Ubuntu from netbook

Asked by Mirko Menegazzo

I installed Ubuntu Netbook Edition on my Samsung n130 Netbook.
Now I have XP and Ubuntu dual boot. I would like to remove it for the time being and going back to boot directly XP only.

I deleted the partition using Gparted but I ended up with a grub prompt and some errors on booting. I re-installed Ubuntu to be able to boot to XP again.

The Samsung Netbook comes with a recovery utility. I might try to restore the system using that utility to see if it gets rid of Ubuntu, but I think I will need to delete the Ubuntu partition manually afterwards to get back that disk space...I do think I will be able to see that partition from XP though.. :/

Shall I try that way or do you have a better solution?

Thank you

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#1

Grub is installed on a little bit on the beginning of your Hard Drive called the "Master Boot Record" (MBR). After you remove Linux from the Hard Drive you need to: fixmbr

This can be done in different ways e.g. if you don't have an XP setup CD you can use freedos to do this. Have a look at e.g. http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/fix-mbr-xp-vista/

Otherwise Google: fixmbr xp
or siminalr

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Yuo will need your XP CD to reinstate the boot loader

Boot to XP CD
Press ENTER
Press R
You are now in a recovery console
You can now run:

fixmbr
fixboot

This will reinstate NTLDR

reboot and you will load Windows. You can then remove the Ubuntu partitions and reformat to NTFS (if you wish) using disk manager.

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