GRUB removal

[tommytabib]

How exactly do i completely remove GRUB, all of it, every trace, destroy it.?.

I'm having trouble installing ubuntu 7.04 ....ect ect. Any way i wiped my spare hard drive, the one i use for linux distros, (on purpose by the way). But now when ever i try to load the computer i get a GRUB error and thus i cannot get into my windows xp hard drive.

So..... how do i remove every trace of GRUB, and where exactly is it located? and is it on a hard drive or is it somehow in my memory or whatever?

[devils casper]

GRUB is located in MBR of Harddisk. MBR contains Partition Table, Boot Loader ( GRUB or Windows boot loader ) and Harddisk Signatures.

'm having trouble installing ubuntu 7.04 ....ect ect. Any way i wiped my spare hard drive, the one i use for linux distros, (on purpose by the way). But now when ever i try to load the computer i get a GRUB error and thus i cannot get into my windows xp hard drive.

boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD, open Terminal and execute this

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=521 count=1

in case your harddisk is SATA, replace hda with sda.
'dd' command will *wipe* your harddisk including Partition Table and GRUB.

if you want to remove GRUB only, boot up from Windows Installation CD, select 'repair' and exeucte 'fixmbr'.




*moving this thread to Installation Forum.

[tommytabib]

OK, thank. and sorry for putting it on the wrong forum