A tutorial to remove linux from dual boot.
Many times, people remove linux by removing the linux partition, and overwriting it. But, this should never be done, because at the next restart, the boot loader,
GRUB, will cough up some error. This is because GRUB will search for the distro you installed. Because it will not find the linux distro, it wont let you boot into windows.
There are two methods
Method 1 (You have not deleted the linux distro yet)
1. Download mbfix from
here2. Extract all files in mbrfix.zip to C:\.
3. Open Command Prompt (start->run-> type cmd -> OK).
4. Type cd \ and press enter.
5. Then type mbrfix /drive 0 fixmbr /yes and press enter.
6. Now you can delete linux partitions (/, swap etc) using Easeus Partition Manager or Windows Disk Management or other partition editor.
7. Restart your PC.
Method 2 (Using Windows CD):
XP Users:
1. Boot your PC with Windows XP CD and select Repair.
2. Then select the OS, once you are there you'll have a command line.
3. Type Administrator password. If Admin password is blank, just press Enter.
4. Type fixmbr, and then press Enter.
5. Restart PC.
6. Delete linux Partitions.
Vista Users:
1. Boot PC with Windows Vista installation disc.
2. Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
3. Click Repair your computer.
4. Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
6. Type Bootrec.exe, and then press Enter.
7. Delete linux Partitions.
Both these methods will overwrite the GRUB bootloader with the windows bootloader.
So, you will automatically load windows.
Note:
1) Using one of the methods is enough.
2) For Vista users who do not have a proper installation DVD, a Recovery CD is available for download from
here.(Thanks to Penguin for pointing this out.)
