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<p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Colin Law<br>
Sent: 27 September 2010 16:07<br>
To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions<br>
Subject: Re: removing Ubuntu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>On 27 September 2010 18:26, Maxime Alarie
<malarie@processia.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> I used to to this with a DOS boot disk and the
command: fdisk /mbr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> This will clear your MBR and Linux wont be
seen again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>*********************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I strongly advise against the above suggestion. clearing
the MBR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>(Master Boot Record) will make your PC unusable until you
re-install<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Ubuntu. I do not know whether Windows will still work
when you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>re-install Ubuntu. You will certainly not be able to use
Windows in<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>the meantime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>*********************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Colin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-- <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>ubuntu-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a
href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Strange, I used this often to
remove a dual boot Windows/Linux. It worked everytime without any problem.
Maybe I was Lucky?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Fdisk /mbr will rewrite your
Master Boot Record and remove Grub from there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I agree though that after some
research, fixmbr seems to be the way to go:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='color:black'>Fdisk /mbr <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>The MS-DOS command Fdisk /mbr
rewrites the MBR on the hard disk, to resolve MBR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>corruptions. This command is
useless if your computer is infected with MBR viruses ,they will again reinfect
the new MBR sector and the issue persists. Hardware specialists are not
recommending this command to fix MBR issues and they recommend the second Fdisk
command - Fixmbr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Fixmbr - command to fix MBR in
Recovery Console <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>It is another DOS command to
fix MBR corruptions. It also work as the Fdisk /mbr command.The fixmbr command
is only available from within the Recovery Console in Windows 2000 and above.
In fixmrb command we can specify the location of master boot record if we are
not going to fix the mbr of master boot device. The the command look like:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='color:black'>fixmbr (device_name)</span></u></b><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>You need to boot your computer
using Windows disk in order to use fixmbr command.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Steps to run Fixmbr on your
computer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>1. Restart computer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Restart your computer with
Windows CD where DVD/CD drive is the primary boot device.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>2. Recovery console<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Press the R key to start the
Recovery Console when it prompts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>3. In Recovery Console command
prompt, type fixmbr and follow the instructions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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