Remove GRUB Loader

**Ekalavya** · 13-01-2009

hi,
I installed Linux ,and was dual booting between it and Vista.
i want to remove the linux partition and have it with just one operating system.i want to have it just like before but the grub loader keeps trying to boot. tried a few different things with the vista boot disk.i dont want to format the entire drive. What to do?

**Solomon** · 13-01-2009

hi,
which version of linux you are using? for the linux problem you can upgrade it through kernel compilation (if there is some problem on out dated kernel version, but as you already did format, so this is not required.

the problem which is due to grub is because grub is still present in your master boot record,
for erasing the grub boot loader screen ,you can fire command as "fdisk /mbr" ; it will erase the boot loader screen from the mbr.

**Lillebror** · 13-01-2009

It is very simple to restore a DOS or Windows MBR. Just enter the MS-DOS command (available since DOS version 5.0) fdisk /MBR. These commands only write the first 446 bytes (the boot code) into the MBR and leave the partition table untouched.

Dr. V · 13-01-2009

Check that your windows partition is set to ACTIVE.

I tried the "fdisk /mbr" & still had Grub showing also.
After checking fdisk again, I noticed the /mbr option had removed the ACTIVE flag.
This seemed to have done the trick for me.