Boot loader?

[Joe]

Hey guys. Due to space constraints on my hard drive, I've decided to get rid of Linux for a while. There's a problem with this though -- I currently have GRUB as my bootloader.

Afaik, GRUB needs it's config file on a Linux partition in order to work, which means that even if my NTFS partition survives the move/grow, it still won't work.

Your quest is simple: Solution please. :)

[deadly7]

Hey guys. Due to space constraints on my hard drive, I've decided to get rid of Linux for a while. There's a problem with this though -- I currently have GRUB as my bootloader.

Afaik, GRUB needs it's config file on a Linux partition in order to work, which means that even if my NTFS partition survives the move/grow, it still won't work.

Your quest is simple: Solution please. :)

Am I missing something or can you not edit your MBR to boot to your Winders partition?

[Chavo]

insert windows boot disk, follow options to recovery console,

Code Select Expand


fixmbr
fixboot


reboot with default windows loader

note: fixmbr should be sufficient but fixboot will cover you in case you have a corrupted boot sector or did something weird with the way you installed grub

[Camel]

You could just leave grub on there as your boot loader. If you need to edit it for whatever reason (why would you need to do this?), you could just drop a live cd in and mount /boot.

[Joe]

That's the problem Camel. I don't have a /boot.

Thanks Chavo.

[Camel]

Well it sounds like you've already restored the MS bootloader, so this is probably moot, but why can't you just drop a /boot in there?

[Explicit]

If you're going to primarily use Windows, you could install EasyBCD (freeware) to manage your boot entries.

[Joe]

Well, here's the rundown:

I used gparted to remove my ext3 and grow my NTFS. That worked fine as far as I know.  wanted to reformat my external HD. I reformatted /dev/sda as NTFS. My external HD was /dev/sdb. FML.

Anyhow, I took this as a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone: For a while, my laptop's been giving me issues with not wanting to recharge (a known motherboard issue on the Inspiron 1525, but Dell shipped them anyhow), and Windows sucking (a known issue, but Microsoft shipped it anyhow). Solution: I convinced my dad that Apple is a company only outranked in awesome-factor by Google, and that if I don't get a MacBook, themy world will end tomorrow. Okay, that's not how I did it, but I'm headed to the Apple Store first thing in the morning to buy my new friend.

[Krazed]

Remove linux, resize with partition magic, then boot into a windows repair console and fixboot / fixmbr. Idk if this has been resolved I just read the first post.

[rabbit]

Partition Magic is the spawn of Satan.

[Hitmen]

It's like Russian roulette, but for your partitions.

[Joe]

Deja vu discussion.

[Krazed]

I hear that ALL the time, I've used partition magic in a lot of computer repairs and never had a problem...

[rabbit]

I hear that ALL the time, I've used partition magic in a lot of computer repairs and never had a problem...

Well, in Russian Roulette you've got a number of empty chambers.

[Camel]

PM is usually fine when everything's okay, and you're not trying to do anything too crazy. It fails when you get in to corner cases. It's not something you should use in a Hail Mary situation, which is when people tend to do seek that type of tool.