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Drago337

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OK, First off ,Hey,, What I have got going on right now is that I have a system that is setup with both Linux Xandros 4.0 and Windows XP. I want to remove the Linux but do not want to have to remove the Windows as well. How should I go about doing this?
They are in the same partition .

Edited by Drago337, 17 January 2010 - 08:18 PM.

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anzenketh

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Do you know if it is botting to grub or the windows bootloader?
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Duplicate post please ignore.

Edited by tuxmaster, 18 January 2010 - 12:48 PM.

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if I am not mistaken it is loading from the Linux.
When it boots the screen displays Xandros with the choices for OS
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If you have a Win XP install disk use it to boot the pc. Select The Recovery Console option. Once in recovery console log in (most XP systems the administrator password is blank) then type "FIXMBR" no quote, hit Enter. That should remove the Linux boot loader from the MBR and XP will boot normally. You can delete the Linux folders from your hard drive (you might want to keep /home. It's where any work you did in Xandros will be saved).

If you don't have an install cd you can download and burn as an image of the Recovery Console ISO

Edited by silverbeard, 19 January 2010 - 08:24 AM.

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GREAT, Thanks alot.. It worked. I am now back to just good old windows
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