Regarding duel booting linux/vista

Sean89 · 05-05-2008, 02:31 AM

Well a couple months back I decided to try Fedora 8, in a duel boot. Fooled with it for about a month and couldn't get my wireless to work. So I went into vista and deleted the linux partion but I still couldn't boot up into vista because of grub. So then I brought it to a pc store and they charged $150 and in the end he didn't even let me keep my vista partion he said he couldn't do it. I said what about the fixmbr command, he said it only worked on xp. So I paid $150 just for him to delete all my stuff and reinstall vista...and he didn't even install all the drivers for me so that was the last time Id ever bring my computer to a store to get fixed....So now I'm at the point to where I've messed with Kubuntu and everything is working fine for me from the live cd. So I want to install it but I don't want to run into the same problem. So does anyone know how to uninstall linux with vista in a duel boot with out having to redo my vista partion like the jackass at the computer store?

Spongebob · 05-07-2008, 07:50 AM

Have done it many times... Resize your Vista partition to free up some disk space... Install ubuntu/kubuntu onto the free space, the ubuntu installer will automatically add vista to the boot menu...if, for some unthinkable reason, vista doesn't appear on the boot menu (have never happened to me), just edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and your good to go

Spongebob · 05-07-2008, 07:54 AM

And of course there is the option of installing ubuntu 8.04 from within windows...it then stores it as a huge file within your windows partition... never done it, but heard it works great

Sean89 · 05-07-2008, 11:54 AM

I know how to duel boot them I just dont know how to remove linux while keeping my vista any help on removing linux?

Spongebob · 05-08-2008, 06:31 AM

See:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113630

Or you could delete the partition and fix the MBR using (FOR VISTA):

Bootsect.exe /NT60 c:

or

Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
Bootrec.exe /ScanOs
Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

+

bcdedit.exe /export "C:\Boot\BCDBackup"
bcdedit.exe /import "C:\Boot\BCDBackup" -> restores the store

tlarkin · 05-08-2008, 02:09 PM

boot off of any windows disk and do this

Code:

fdisk /mbr

Then next time windows loads it should rebuild the boot sector of its own

05-05-2008, 02:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sean89 New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 17	Regarding duel booting linux/vista Well a couple months back I decided to try Fedora 8, in a duel boot. Fooled with it for about a month and couldn't get my wireless to work. So I went into vista and deleted the linux partion but I still couldn't boot up into vista because of grub. So then I brought it to a pc store and they charged $150 and in the end he didn't even let me keep my vista partion he said he couldn't do it. I said what about the fixmbr command, he said it only worked on xp. So I paid $150 just for him to delete all my stuff and reinstall vista...and he didn't even install all the drivers for me so that was the last time Id ever bring my computer to a store to get fixed....So now I'm at the point to where I've messed with Kubuntu and everything is working fine for me from the live cd. So I want to install it but I don't want to run into the same problem. So does anyone know how to uninstall linux with vista in a duel boot with out having to redo my vista partion like the jackass at the computer store?

05-07-2008, 07:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spongebob New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	Have done it many times... Resize your Vista partition to free up some disk space... Install ubuntu/kubuntu onto the free space, the ubuntu installer will automatically add vista to the boot menu...if, for some unthinkable reason, vista doesn't appear on the boot menu (have never happened to me), just edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and your good to go __________________ My academic homepage Some other software projects My CBIR project

05-07-2008, 07:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Spongebob New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	And of course there is the option of installing ubuntu 8.04 from within windows...it then stores it as a huge file within your windows partition... never done it, but heard it works great __________________ My academic homepage Some other software projects My CBIR project

05-08-2008, 06:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Spongebob New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113630 Or you could delete the partition and fix the MBR using (FOR VISTA): Bootsect.exe /NT60 c: or Bootrec.exe /FixMbr Bootrec.exe /FixBoot Bootrec.exe /ScanOs Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd + bcdedit.exe /export "C:\Boot\BCDBackup" bcdedit.exe /import "C:\Boot\BCDBackup" -> restores the store __________________ My academic homepage Some other software projects My CBIR project Last edited by Spongebob; 05-08-2008 at 06:34 AM.

05-08-2008, 02:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,129	boot off of any windows disk and do this Code: fdisk /mbr Then next time windows loads it should rebuild the boot sector of its own

05-07-2008, 11:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sean89 New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 17	I know how to duel boot them I just dont know how to remove linux while keeping my vista any help on removing linux?

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