Uninstalling Grub

[Wolfman18336]

I am enjoying my dual boot system with kubuntu linux and Windows XP. Unfortunately, the grub boot launcher is a hassle for restarting the system. I am hoping to move to a virtual machine or to install on another machine. How do I go about removing the dual boot system?
Please help,
Wolfman18336

[oz]

For easy removal of GRUB, try using the current version of the SuperGrub LiveCD:

Super Grub Disk Webpage: Download

It's quick and easy.

You can use it to restore the Windows bootloader, too.

[Wolfman18336]

Thank you very much, now how do I uninstall the kubuntu os?

[oz]

You can delete or format the partitions. If you intend to install another distribution, you can install right over Kubuntu.

For working with partitions, I highly recommend the PartedMagic LiveCD:

Parted Magic

It's a small download and quick burn to CD, it's easy to use, and there is very good documentation for using it on their website, and on the CD itself.

The SuperGRUB and PartedMagic LiveCDs are good tools to keep on hand for working with Linux, or Windows issues.

[i92guboj]

I am enjoying my dual boot system with kubuntu linux and Windows XP. Unfortunately, the grub boot launcher is a hassle for restarting the system. I am hoping to move to a virtual machine or to install on another machine. How do I go about removing the dual boot system?
Please help,
Wolfman18336

To clear your MBR you just do this:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1

Make sure that hda is the hard drive that you want to clean, or change it accordingly. This will fill the first 446 bytes on the disk with zeroes. That is, the whole MBR *except* the partition table, basically.

In DOS/WINDOWS you can use fdisk /mbr to restore the MBR to a valid state (ermm... "valid" for windows, that is).

Note, however, that this mean that your MBR will not have a boot loader anymore. Which means you will not be able to load any OS. That is not probably what you want. You will need to install the windows bootloader, and I can't help with that.

[reiko]

You can also use the following one to clear your MBR

lilo -M /dev/hd{partition}