![]() ![]() Replace /dev/hdX with your actual device name such as /dev/hda. # dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sdX bs=446 count=1 Just remove MBR, without the partition table (see comment below): ![]() # dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1 Someone also suggested that I remove grub. How can i achieve the same from Ubuntu console? Please help. Insert either a bootable floppy disk or the bootable Windows XP CD-ROM, and then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart your computer. Type q at the command prompt, and then press ENTER to quit the Fdisk tool. Some error messages may be generated (because information is written to the partition table), but they should not be significant at this point because the next step is to restart the computer and then install the new operating system. Type w, and then press ENTER to write this information to the partition table. Repeat this step until all the partitions have been deleted. Type 1, and then press ENTER to delete partition number 1. You are then prompted for the partition number that you want to delete. Type d at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. The first item listed is hard disk 1, partition 1 information, and the second item listed is hard disk 1, partition 2 information. Type p at the command prompt, and then press ENTER to display partition information. NOTE: For help with using the Fdisk tool, type m at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. Start your computer with the Linux Setup floppy disk, type fdisk at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. Remove the native, swap, and boot partitions used by Linux: To remove Linux from your computer and install Windows XP, follow these steps: Will removing Grub help?Īre there any commands to be punched from grub rescue> I've deleted everything on the disc, erased all. Why is it still trying to locate my linux partition through GRUB. Really frustrating.īut tell me one thing. I will have to try out the USB thing you shared. Means: Boot sequence is also working fine. I've run my Ubuntu Live CD with CD ROM as the first boot device. I've a Windows XP bootable CD that works on my room-mates laptop. Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC. You could then use your friends system to create a USB flash version of the XP installer. You still need to resolve why CD is not booting. It would not really matter if you had a windows boot loader in the MBR as it would have no place to jump to. ![]() With Ubuntu partition missing the grub install to the MBR has no place to jump to. Why can’t the new SSD boot Windows XP? I tried searching the web but I can’t find a solution to this yet.You are still booting hard drive. ![]() I tried swapping back to the old HDD and it still boots both OSes successfully. I can see both partitions when booted on Windows 7 and the filesystems are OK. The Windows 7 partition is drive C, the Windows XP partition is drive D. The Windows XP startup splash screen appears, but then the computer simply resets itself and goes to BIOS POST again. The boot menu appears normally and I can boot Windows 7 with no problem, but it fails when I tried to boot Windows XP. The process went without a hitch and I installed the new SSD in place of the original HDD. I just used Acronis True Image WD Edition to clone that HDD to a new WDS500G2B0A 500GB SATA SSD. It was working perfectly and able to boot into either OS via a boot menu. I have an MSI laptop originally equipped with a WD3200BEVT 320GB SATA HDD, with Windows 7 Ultimate 圆4 and Windows XP Professional SP3 on different partitions set for dual boot (with EasyBCD). ![]()
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