Tips : Safely Remove Linux from Your PC and Restore your MBR
First, you need to know where your Linux operating system is installed (which they currently live drive). Please note that Linux formats the drive as HFS instead Fat/Fat32 or NTFS (these are the file systems used by different operating systems).
So HFS partitions are not seen by Windows, so its hidden.
To remove the Linux partitions in WindowsXP go to your ‘Control panel’ > Admistrative Tools > Computer Managment
Open ‘Disk Management’, and you will see your Linux drives as ‘Unknown partition’ and the status of the drive. Bearing in mind you know what partition and disk you installed to it will be asier to recognise as the drive/partition where you had installed it to.
Once you have identifed the drives, ‘right-Click’ on the drive/partiton and select ‘Delete Logical Drive’
Once you have done this, you now have free space.
The next part is very important. Once formatted the hard drive, reformat it as your required file system type. either FAT32 or NTFS. Now is the important part is waiting for us!
Fixing your master boot record, to make Windows Bootable again.
Have a Windows boot disk with all the basic DOS commands loaded on the hard disk.
A standard Windows 98/Me boot disk will work too.
Type in the DOS command :
e.g, from your C:\
fdisk /mbr
Or use your Windows XP run the Recovery Console, pick which xp install you would like to boot in to (usually you pick # 1)
then type: fixmbr. Answer Y to the dialog box.
Your master boot record will now be restored and Windows XP will be bootable once again. Your System will be restored with your original boot loader that you got with Windows XP.
That is all.
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