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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Unforgiven1 on 27 April 2004, 21:27

Title: safe removal
Post by: Unforgiven1 on 27 April 2004, 21:27

I want to remove mandrake 10 from my computer without screwing it up...but last time I did a simmilar operation I gorked the bootloaded and couldn't access either of the other OSs on the machine...so how do I safely uninstall the OS without doing this? (ie remove LiLo safely and still be able to use windows until I figure out how to make mepis run on this one)

Title: safe removal
Post by: Fett101 on 27 April 2004, 11:28

fix /mbr?

Title: safe removal
Post by: KernelPanic on 27 April 2004, 15:58

Yes, boot the windows recovery console and

format /mbr
then:
fixmbr

Title: safe removal
Post by: Refalm on 27 April 2004, 20:21

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Fett101: fix /mbr?

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It's either "fdisk /mbr" with the Windows 98 start-up diskette or "format /mbr" with the Windows 2000/XP recovery console.

Title: safe removal
Post by: SAJChurchey on 28 April 2004, 07:22

Actually w/ the Win2k Recovery Console you should be able to issue the FIXMBR command to fix the master boot record so that it only boots windoze.  You should do this after deleting the appropriate partitions.

Title: safe removal
Post by: Unforgiven1 on 28 April 2004, 18:01

it's winXP I'm trying to not break...and I don't exactly uhm "have a disk" but last time I tried this...It was completely dead

Title: safe removal
Post by: Refalm on 28 April 2004, 19:33

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Originally posted by Unforgiven1:
it's winXP I'm trying to not break...and I don't exactly uhm "have a disk" but last time I tried this...It was completely dead

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Haha, no  (http://smile.gif)

Just insert the Windows XP installation CD-ROM, and at the beginning, select something like that sounds like console. From there, just type "FIXBOOT" or "FIXMBR".

Title: safe removal
Post by: insomnia on 29 April 2004, 06:51

format /mbr
should always bring you to the defaults of the the system you're using.