How to Remove Grub

[JerryC1958]

I have a new laptop which will be delivered in mere moments, so I would like to remove PC:OS from this machine and put it on the new one.  That's not a problem, but how do I remove grub and leave Vista to boot by itself on this machine?  I did a search for "remove grub" and got nothing.

Thank you for your time.

JC

[Neal ManBear]

You need a bootloader. As the windows bootloader was replaced by grub, you'll need to replace it with something before you remove grub.

Have a look at these:

http://www.boot-us.com/index.htm

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

If neither is suitable for you, search for alternatives -- Google is your friend (no, not being a smarty); you can find out a lot by searching and reading.

Once you have a bootloader installed, you should be able to use windows to delete your Linux partitions and create ntfs partitions or expand your ntfs parttion. Be sure to reset your bootloader after doing this and before you reboot!

That is the best I can do for you. I'm not a windows user, so I would advise doing some searching about boot managers / bootloaders both here in the forum and with Google or other search engine.

[JerryC1958]

Thank you for all the information.  I will do that.  There is no hurry.

JC

[old_guy]

JerryC1958
You might want to look at:

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=158228

and

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/721404.html

[DeBaas]

Re: fix MBR in Vista
Bootsect.exe /NT60 c:

or

Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
Bootrec.exe /ScanOs
Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

+

bcdedit.exe /export "C:\Boot\BCDBackup"
bcdedit.exe /import "C:\Boot\BCDBackup" -> restores the store

The necessary files are available on the Vista installation cd as well as in the WAIK package, available for free from the MS servers