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Oct 19 2007

How to uninstall GRUB or LILO

Posted by: eBestAgent in HOW-TO, WINDOWS TIPS, tags: , , ,

How to uninstall GRUB loader or LILO boot manager.

If you have deleted all linux partitions and want to completely remove GRUB loader or LILO boot manager, and restore Windows 2000/XP OS MBR. (Master Boot Record)

Read this post: How to fix or recover MBR or follow the short instructions below.

  1. Insert Windows 2000/XP Setup or Installation CD
  2. Restart your computer
  3. If you see this message, “Press any key to boot from CD…” press a key to start the computer from Windows CD.
  4. After a few minutes, you’ll see Windows Setup Menu.  Press “R” key to start repair Windows XP installation using Recovery Console.
  5. Microsoft Recovery Console will start.
  6. If you’re prompted to enter a number related to the Windows XP installation that you need to repair.  Most likely “1″ if any.
  7. Enter your Administrator password, if you’re asked.
  8. At the Recovery Console Command Prompt, type “fixmbr” and verify that you want to proceed.
  9. Remove Windows 2000/XP Setup CD from CDROM.
  10. Type “exit” to restart your computer.

If you still have same problem, repeat the steps above but type “fixboot” instead of “fixmbr” command.

If “fixmbr” and “fixboot’ didn’t fix the problem, please read this post: Recover Hard Disk Data & Files.

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4 Responses to “How to uninstall GRUB or LILO”
  1. Error Loading OS | eBestAgent says: October 19th, 2007 at 6:27 pm

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  3. Ann Printer says: September 17th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently.

    Can’t wait all these XP systems to start needing upgrades.

    Thanks for the post.

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