Re: How to shift Grub left from a prior Linux Install?


"Siv" <Siv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a test PC which prior to getting my MSDN Windows 7 Download had a
dual boot With the 6801 Win7 and Kubuntu. I had installed Win7 first then
added Kubuntu afterwards. Kubuntu was on separate partitions to Win 7. I
allowed Grub to be installed as part of Kubunto so that I had a boot
manager
that would allow me to start either OS.

I wasn't overly impressed with Kubuntu so decided when the MSDN Beta of
Win7
came out I would blow all the partitions away and then divide the disk
into 2
Windows NTFS partitions one for the OS and the other for data.

I did this through the formatting tool that is part of the Win7 setup
routine and duly installed the new OS without any problems. After getting
everything installed my sound card driver forced Win7 to be re-booted.
After
the re-boot I was expecting to see the Windows logo and instead I get:

GRUB Loading stage1.5.

GRUB Loading, please wait...
Error 17

Which I suspect means "WTF where did all this partitions I used to be able
to access go?".

I then booted off the Win7 CD and went into recovery console and ran
FIXMBR
and FIXBOOT on the C: drive. Once done I re-booted amd it made no
difference,
GRUB is still there!

I then ran the startup problems wizard after booting again with the CD and
accessing th etroubleshooting stuff. It ran through various tests and
confirmed that it was happy. I re-booted again without the Win7 Boot CD
and
still GRUB is there.

It's starting to feel like a virus?

Anyone know of a method of shifting this pest off my boot record? I must
admit that I thought a repartition and format of the drive would kill
anything on it? So how does GRUB survive a format? (Admittedly a Quick
Format
after changing the partitions) , would a full format have made any
difference?


Siv
--
Martley, Near Worcester, UK

Try booting with a Win98 boot diskette/CD from www.bootdisk.com, then run
this command:
fdisk /mbr
BTW, you did remove your floppy disk, did you?


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