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    Question boot loaders...

    basically... I'm away from home for a week so I don't have my xp cd... I did have linux installed but now I don't want it anymore so I want to delete the partition and re-assign the space to my ntfs partitions...
    thing is if I do this I will loose my ability to boot windows as ubuntu takes over when you install... I know if I fixmbr'ed with a disc this'd be fine but ofcourse no disc... so any free programs I can install to give me a bootloader to start windows automatically etc...
    anything like that available?
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    or just thinking if I just delete the partition with bunty on it will I still have grub or whatever it uses???
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    Re: boot loaders...

    If you delete the Ubuntu partitions (but leave the /boot partition, you will still boot into grub - and from there into Windows. Once you have the XP cd you can then re-install the Windows boot loader and delete the /boot partition.
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    Re: boot loaders...

    I presume you only have the swap and root (/) partitions setup during installation. In this case if you delete the ubuntu partition you will remove grub too (having been installed in the / partition.

    Take a look at THIS page and in particular follow the link at the top (Here); to go uninstall page. There is a good howto Restore your MBR from a backup and an application to fixmbr which should get you back working again.

    You could also download and burn the great "supergrub" disk which allows you to fixmbr or boot into an OS. Good disk to have anyway.

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