uninstall ubuntu

[Guest jonescat78]

how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu

[Guest Alias]

Re: uninstall ubuntu

 

jonescat78 wrote:

> how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu

>

 

I assume you want to stay with Windows. Just do a repair install and it

will remove what Ubuntu wrote to the Windows partition.

 

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[Guest John John]

Re: uninstall ubuntu

 

jonescat78 wrote:

> how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu

>

 

Boot the computer with your Windows ME startup floppy diskette and issue

the following command:

 

SYS C:

 

That will dislodge the Linux/Ubuntu boot loader from the MBR and return

the boot loader code to the W9x loader.

 

John

[Guest John John]

Re: uninstall ubuntu

 

Oh jeesh! Excuse me, I must have been half asleep or in a daze when I

replied. The command that you need to run is:

 

fdisk /mbr

 

Not to worry too much, running sys c: with the ME diskette on an ME

partition will not hurt anything.

 

John

 

John John wrote:

> jonescat78 wrote:

>

>> how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu

>>

>

> Boot the computer with your Windows ME startup floppy diskette and issue

> the following command:

>

> SYS C:

>

> That will dislodge the Linux/Ubuntu boot loader from the MBR and return

> the boot loader code to the W9x loader.

>

> John

>

[Guest Mart]

Re: uninstall ubuntu

 

John, FWIW, I can confirm that fdisk /mbr is the correct command to remove

the (Ubuntu dual) boot menu from the C: drive. I had to use it fairly

recently myself for the very same reason. However, in my case I'd installed

Ubuntu onto the second (D:) hard drive and had also to fdisk and re-format

the D: drive to recover it, due to Ubuntu writing its own format to the

disk.

 

In jonescat78's case though, I'm not sure quite what it would have done to

his C: drive, although Alias appears to suggest that a 'repair install' will

be necessary - which is the reason I installed it on my D: drive. Sounds a

bit serious to me (and a potential PITA)

 

Mart

 

 

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:OCBSNUoFIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Oh jeesh! Excuse me, I must have been half asleep or in a daze when I

> replied. The command that you need to run is:

>

> fdisk /mbr

>

> Not to worry too much, running sys c: with the ME diskette on an ME

> partition will not hurt anything.

>

> John

>

> John John wrote:

>> jonescat78 wrote:

>>

>>> how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu

>>>

>>

>> Boot the computer with your Windows ME startup floppy diskette and issue

>> the following command:

>>

>> SYS C:

>>

>> That will dislodge the Linux/Ubuntu boot loader from the MBR and return

>> the boot loader code to the W9x loader.

>>

>> John

>>

[Guest John John]

Re: uninstall ubuntu

 

Hi Mart;

 

Yes, Fdisk /mbr should dislodge the Grub loader. It is fairly easy to

boot with a startup diskette and run the command and redo the partition

at the same time.

 

As for the "repair" install on ME all I can say is beware the Internet

Explorer soup! If you do not remove IE6 before you try the "repair" you

will end up with an IE5/IE6 soup mix that will be nearly impossible to

fix, for all intents the installation will be nearly, if not completely

trashed!

 

John

 

Mart wrote:

> John, FWIW, I can confirm that fdisk /mbr is the correct command to remove

> the (Ubuntu dual) boot menu from the C: drive. I had to use it fairly

> recently myself for the very same reason. However, in my case I'd installed

> Ubuntu onto the second (D:) hard drive and had also to fdisk and re-format

> the D: drive to recover it, due to Ubuntu writing its own format to the

> disk.

>

> In jonescat78's case though, I'm not sure quite what it would have done to

> his C: drive, although Alias appears to suggest that a 'repair install' will

> be necessary - which is the reason I installed it on my D: drive. Sounds a

> bit serious to me (and a potential PITA)

>

> Mart

>

>

> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

> news:OCBSNUoFIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>

>>Oh jeesh! Excuse me, I must have been half asleep or in a daze when I

>>replied. The command that you need to run is:

>>

>>fdisk /mbr

>>

>>Not to worry too much, running sys c: with the ME diskette on an ME

>>partition will not hurt anything.

>>

>>John

>>

>>John John wrote:

>>

>>>jonescat78 wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>how can i uninstall the ubuntu program from my boot menu

>>>>

>>>

>>>Boot the computer with your Windows ME startup floppy diskette and issue

>>>the following command:

>>>

>>>SYS C:

>>>

>>>That will dislodge the Linux/Ubuntu boot loader from the MBR and return

>>>the boot loader code to the W9x loader.

>>>

>>>John

>>>

>

>

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