removing Ubuntu

[Colin Law]

On 27 September 2010 21:29, Maxime Alarie <malarie at processia.com> wrote:
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> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Colin Law
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> Subject: Re: removing Ubuntu
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> On 27 September 2010 18:26, Maxime Alarie <malarie at processia.com> wrote:
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>> I used to to this with a DOS boot disk and the command: fdisk /mbr
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>> This will  clear your MBR and Linux wont be seen again.
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> I strongly advise against the above suggestion.  clearing the MBR
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> (Master Boot Record) will make your PC unusable until you re-install
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> Ubuntu.  I do not know whether Windows will still work when you
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> re-install Ubuntu.  You will certainly not be able to use Windows in
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> the meantime.
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> Colin
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> Strange, I used this often to remove a dual boot Windows/Linux.  It worked
> everytime without any problem.  Maybe I was Lucky?

No, I was wrong, sorry.  I was confused by the fact that you said that
it would _clear_ the mbr, whereas in fact I think it restores it back
to the windows default so that Ubuntu becomes not available.

I am still not sure it is what the OP wants to do, however, which is
to replace Ubuntu Netbook with Ubuntu Desktop.  I do not see the need
to touch the MBR, just install the desktop version over the netbook.

Colin