Re: How to shift Grub left from a prior Linux Install?
- From: "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:53:19 +0100
The Master Boot Record is neither FAT nor NTFS - it's just the first 512
bytes on your disk. The DOS command fdisk.exe will cheerfully replace it.
If your machine keeps on using the Grub boot loader then you've probably
replaced the wrong MBR. It's the one on the active primary partition on the
primary master disk that counts. Perhaps you have replaced the MBR on a
slave disk, on a secondary master disk, on a non-active primary partition or
on a logical partition. Lots of places to get lost in . . .
"Siv" <Siv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pegasus,
Wow that brings back memories starting from the Win98 CD?
Unfortunately it ran the command with no errors and bloody GRUB is still
there?
Would FDISK understand NTFS formatted drives? Or is the Fdisk /mbr so low
level it's at hardware level?
Siv
--
Martley, Near Worcester, UK
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
"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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