Remove dual-boot?

[TotalPenguin]

Well on my desktop I have a dual boot with linux, and It displays the GRUB menu at startup, so I'm thinking that it means that my linux partition it set to boot, so what if I want to remove the Linux partition and use Windows only? What should I do? Because I'm afraid that if I just delete the partition the PC will not find a boot partition...

So what should I do?

[Wanch]

Use a Windows/Dos boot disk and do:

# fdisk /mbr

This sets the master boot record and removes the GRUB boot loader.

[v0id]

The fdisk /mbr-method has got a lot of critique, and Microsoft has also chosen to rewrite the method under a new name: fixmbr.

[TotalPenguin]

so if I boot from the XP CD, run the Repaid console and type fixmbr (I already done this sometime ago before I had the dual-boot) then the XP comes again the bootup partition right? Then i can easily format the linux partition?

[Off]

That is correct. Or, you can just set your Windows partition as the active boot partition. This will do the same as fixmbr.

[TotalPenguin]

So I can just flag it as boot from GParted or something?

[Off]

Yes, that sets your windows partition to the active partition. When you switch the "active" back to your other partition you will see the grub/lilo message again.

[TotalPenguin]

Ok, seems fine

I am not willing in uninstalling it right now, just asked just in case.

[LinuxBomber]

Won't the fixmbr corrupt your partitions?

Before you use that, it shows a warning that it might corrupt the partitions....

[TotalPenguin]

Well, I think that message means that you will loose the boot flag and have windows as your default boot again.