[KLUG Members] Uninstalling RH

[manish chacko]

Windows NT4(Workstation) and 2000 Prof will not wipe out grub MBR's. After the first "wave" of installation and the re-boot, u will get an error saying something like
grub load error. I haven't tried XP though.
Grub is pretty resilient that way- it fights MS to the last!!;). I had to use PM 7.0 to replace the MBR- though the fdisk from DOS should probably work too.
Manish Chacko.
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On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 14:58:40  
 Mike Williams wrote:
>> Message: 3
>> To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:55:14 -0400
>> From: "manish chacko" <manishchacko@lycos.com>
>> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Uninstalling RH 7.3
>> Organization: Lycos Mail  (http://www.mail.lycos.com:80)
>> Reply-To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>> 
>> HI,
>> If a boot loader like LILO or GRUB was also installed with RH 7.3, then u need to use a utility like partition magic and wipe out the MBR(MAster Boot Record). There is a fdisk facility which comes along with PM 7 and has an option like:
>> Replace MBR.
>> After that, you can format the hard disk and install WIN XP, although why he would want to do that is beyond me.
>> Good Luck!
>> Manish. 
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>Don't know about all OS's, but I think the latest Windows variants (2000 
>and XP) are smart enough to notice a strange (to them) MBR and install 
>their own.  If not, an FDISK /MBR from DOS will do it.
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