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Deleted Linux partition, now GRUB does not load properly

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Deleted Linux partition, now GRUB does not load properly

Jun 17th, 2005

so, previously, Grub would start and give me the option of the starting either Linux (fedore core) or winxp.

Using partitionmagic, I deleted the linux partition and joined it with winxp. When I rebooted, I get a GRUB prompt ("grub>"). I now have no idea how to get it start windows. Any help is appreciated.

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Re: Deleted Linux partition, now GRUB does not load properly

Jun 21st, 2005

Boot from a win98/whatever bootdisk, run "fdisk /mbr" to clean MBR (I assume grub was installed in MBR), and reboot.

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Re: Deleted Linux partition, now GRUB does not load properly

Jun 21st, 2005

thank you for the help frrossk. I saw somewhere else on this forum that you could force grub to load windows

grub>root (hd0,0)
grub>chainloader +1
grub>boot

That got me into windows. Then my friends suggested just as you did. Again, thanks for the effort. I appreciate it. the problem is now resolved.
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