Before formatting the second partition use a XP Recovery cd to write the Master Boot Record (MBR) which will get rid of grub stage 1. The command is "fixmbr" (http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/483/ xp_repair_fix_master_boot_record_recovery_console/). Otherwise if you delete your second partition first, Grub stage1 does not know where to get the boot menu configuration and hence will grind to an halt with probably "Error 11".
On Feb 26, 5:12 am, Christopher Stamper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 25, 11:38 am, Christopher Stamper > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM, [email protected] < > > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > HP laptop with two 60gig drives, WinXp on one drive, Kubuntu 7.10 on > > > > second drive. > > > > > Wife "inherited" the laptop and wants to reclaim the second drive as a > > > > WinXP storage for photos. Reinstalling WinXP did not work because Win > > > > installer cannot see the hdo Kubuntu drive so cannot reformat it. > > > > In XP: ControlPanel->Administrative Tools->Computer > > Managment->Storage/Disk > > > Management. Find the drive, and reformat it. > > > > Or, boot from ubuntu live CD and use gparted to reformat disk to FAT. > > > > If you need more help, just ask. > > > > -- > > > Christopher Stamper > > > Before I really screw up the computer, does reformatting the disk also > > remove Grub? > > Depends on the disk order, basically. If Grub is installed on it, yeah I > think it would really mess things up. > > Could you unplug the disk and try booting? Maybe someone can suggest a way > to tell where GRUB(stage1) is installed... > > -- > Christopher Stamper > > Email: [email protected] > Web:http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg > gTalk:http://tinyurl.com/6e359r > Skype: cdstamper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
