Linux removal.How?

Discussion in 'Software' started by hrlow2, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    Was trying Linux out on my system. Did not mount ,but was trying from a live CD.
    Now,whenever I reboot that machine, I have to choose whether to boot from Kubunto or Windows.
    How can I remove that choice?
     
    hrlow2, Jul 10, 2009
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Something installed because a live CD does not install GRUB, the boot choice manager you are looking at. A live CD is simply used then the CD taken out and it is as if the computer never ran linux when it is rebooted.
    Have a floppy drive?
    If so, create a Super Grub boot disk
    http://www.supergrubdisk.org/index.php?pid=6
    I'll explain how to use Rawwrite to create it, once I'm sure you have a floppy and have downloaded the file.
    Once the boot floppy is created, you boot from it, go through the menus and select the one that says Repair Windows MBR. That will remove the boot up options and you can boot straight into windows.
     
    plodr, Jul 11, 2009
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  3. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    I do have a floppy drive, but have to get some floppys first.
     
    hrlow2, Jul 11, 2009
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  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Okay.
    The file you will be downloading is similar to an ISO, in that it is an image file and can't simply be put on a floppy.

    To get the image onto the floppy, you download Rawwrite
    http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
    and install it (you want the windows version 0.7)

    Click the gray screen shot on the right. When you run Rawwrite, that is what you will see. Be sure there is a floppy in your drive and below where there is an empty box aside of the word image, click the 3 dots. You will browse until you find the SGD image file and click the write button. You will get a popup warning you that everything on the floppy will be overwritten. In under a minute, a boot floppy is created.
    Keep the floppy in, close the programs and reboot.

    I don't remember exactly where the menu item I told you about is located so you'll have to go through all the menus until you stumble across the one that says Fix Windows MBR. That will fix it.
     
    plodr, Jul 11, 2009
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  5. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    Needs rewrite of the MBR in Windows.How to re-write MBR but keep WIN XP and all programs installed
     
    BoredOutOfMyMind, Jul 12, 2009
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  6. hawklord

    hawklord Master Sergeant

    what is giving you this choice ?

    fixboot and fixmbr from the recovery console of xp should do the job (if you are using xp, this works in w2k as well - don't know about vista)
     
    hawklord, Jul 13, 2009
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  7. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    I was multibooting with Ubuntu/Vista/XP, slapped in the Vista DVD, got the command prompt and issued 'bootrec /FixMbr'. Worked perfectly.
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 13, 2009
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  8. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    Main concern is how come I'm being asked this after using a live CD to try. Did NOT install on drive.
    CD used looks like a burned copy somebody made. Writing on disk is felt tip marker.Could they have done something during the burn?
     
    hrlow2, Jul 13, 2009
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  9. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Who knows what they did if anything. I have tried many LiveCD's and never came across this. They could have modified it before the burn to suit their needs.:confused What happens if you hit the *nix option upon boot?
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 13, 2009
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  10. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    Never tried. Was just planning to try it out.Didn't like it,so rebooted.
    Then FUN TIME. It's there where it shouldn't be.
    Have used real live CDs before,no problem. That's what surprised me.When something that doesn't ,does.
     
    hrlow2, Jul 13, 2009
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  11. Senlis

    Senlis Staff Sergeant

    maybe you could modify grub so it selects windows as the default option and then have it only wait 1 or 0 seconds before booting it.

    I only know how to do that with a valid linux installation on my hard drive. If you are interested in the option, I could probably figure it out for you.
     
    Senlis, Jul 13, 2009
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  12. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    Getting crazier all the time.:confused
    Just did a System Restore and rolled back to the day before running the CD.
    It worked. No more nag about which to boot.
    Mark this as done.
    (should have tried that sooner.):-o
     
    hrlow2, Jul 13, 2009
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  13. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Who would have ever thought that Linux pushed itself into XP? :confused That CD had to have been modded, besides the normal PEBKAC.;)
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 13, 2009
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  14. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    The only thing I can imagine that instead of a live CD, you were given Wubi. This installs Ubuntu inside of windows and I guess would then offer a boot loader at startup.
    I've never looked at Wubi (Ubuntu doesn't like my hardware) so I can say for sure that is what happened.
     
    plodr, Jul 14, 2009
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  15. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    The CD disk I received had Kubuntu written on it with marker, but there were a couple of wubi folders on my C drive.They got deleted pretty quick.
     
    hrlow2, Jul 14, 2009
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  16. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Aah, I had forgotten about Wubi. This is one reason I never run anything given to me unless I put it on my test rig.
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 14, 2009
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  17. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    Might call this one my test machine because it wasn't my primary,but one of my "twins".
     
    hrlow2, Jul 14, 2009
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  18. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    plodr should get ranked since he hit the nail on the head. Nobody is using that feature yet and he may as well be the first one.:)
     
    augiedoggie, Jul 14, 2009
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