How to remove Grub?

[samting]

I've deleted the ubuntu and lubuntu partitions and want to start afresh. However, now grub tells me about the missing partitions and full stop. When I look at the world thru BING, I see MBR Entry 0 Partition 13312MB Type 27h/39
and MBR Entry 3 Partition 287632MB Extended.
Can I eliminate one of these and then make a "standard" MBR from BootitNG?
Or is there a simpler way to stop grub from starting?

Thanks in advance for help.
Sam

[TeraByte Support]

If you want to put back the standard mbr code -you would go to "view mbr"
then click the button to install std mbr - apply. However, you really don't
have anything to boot?

However, if you wanted to delete some other partition you could if you
didn't need it.



"samting" wrote in message news:7492@public.bootitng...

I've deleted the ubuntu and lubuntu partitions and want to start afresh.
However, now grub tells me about the missing partitions and full stop. When
I look at the world thru BING, I see MBR Entry 0 Partition 13312MB Type
27h/39
and MBR Entry 3 Partition 287632MB Extended.
Can I eliminate one of these and then make a "standard" MBR from BootitNG?
Or is there a simpler way to stop grub from starting?

Thanks in advance for help.
Sam

[samting]

TeraByte Support wrote:
> If you want to put back the standard mbr code -you would go to "view mbr"
> then click the button to install std mbr - apply. However, you really
> don't
> have anything to boot?

Thanks for your response and you're right: there's nothing yet to boot. The restore partition is willing to do its thing, but even when it finishes and restores the OS to defaults, Grub still starts up in rescue mode. So my thinking is to rid the machine of Grub and let Restore do its job.

I had thought, since there were two MBRs, that removing one of them might do the trick. My problem is that all "official" ways to remove grub rely on a working linux system - all erased by me. If it is not possible to simply re-do a MBR to destroy Grub, I'll resort to a USB version of linux and see if I can work on deleting Grub from there.

Any advice? I feel foolish for deleting the linux partitions with BingNG - I had thought that I could return to Windows by simple curettage. Didn't realize that I would leave the infection. Now I'm worried about cutting out some vital organ. Maybe surgeons shouldn't work on computers...

Thanks for any help.

[TeraByte Support(TP)]

samting wrote:
> TeraByte Support wrote:
> > If you want to put back the standard mbr code -you would go to "view
> mbr"
> > then click the button to install std mbr - apply. However, you really
> > don't
> > have anything to boot?
>
> Thanks for your response and you're right: there's nothing yet to boot. The restore
> partition is willing to do its thing, but even when it finishes and restores the OS
> to defaults, Grub still starts up in rescue mode. So my thinking is to rid the
> machine of Grub and let Restore do its job.
>
> I had thought, since there were two MBRs, that removing one of them might do the
> trick. My problem is that all "official" ways to remove grub rely on a
> working linux system - all erased by me. If it is not possible to simply re-do a MBR
> to destroy Grub, I'll resort to a USB version of linux and see if I can work on
> deleting Grub from there.
>
> Any advice? I feel foolish for deleting the linux partitions with BingNG - I had
> thought that I could return to Windows by simple curettage. Didn't realize that I
> would leave the infection. Now I'm worried about cutting out some vital organ. Maybe
> surgeons shouldn't work on computers...
>
> Thanks for any help.

You don't need Linux available to be able to get rid of Grub. That can be done from BING as previously mentioned.

However, how are you managing to boot into your restore partition if Grub is coming up when you boot?

Can you see which partition is set active in Partition Work -> View MBR in BING?

[DrTeeth]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 06:40:58 PST, just as I was about to take a herb,
samting disturbed my reverie and wrote:

> If it is not possible to simply re-do a MBR to destroy Grub, I'll resort to a USB version of linux and see if I can work on deleting Grub from there.

Not done it in a while, but have you tried a DOS disc and "fdisk /mbr"
without the quotes?
--

Cheers,

DrT

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

[mjnelson99]

Would it work to do a restore and NOT reboot but boot into BING. From
there, do the sandard boot instructions given below?

Wouldn't grub show there to delete?
Mary

On 2/2/2014 12:00 PM, TeraByte Support wrote:
> If you want to put back the standard mbr code -you would go to "view mbr"
> then click the button to install std mbr - apply. However, you really don't
> have anything to boot?
>
> However, if you wanted to delete some other partition you could if you
> didn't need it.
>
>
>
> "samting" wrote in message news:7492@public.bootitng...
>
> I've deleted the ubuntu and lubuntu partitions and want to start afresh.
> However, now grub tells me about the missing partitions and full stop. When
> I look at the world thru BING, I see MBR Entry 0 Partition 13312MB Type
> 27h/39
> and MBR Entry 3 Partition 287632MB Extended.
> Can I eliminate one of these and then make a "standard" MBR from BootitNG?
> Or is there a simpler way to stop grub from starting?
>
> Thanks in advance for help.
> Sam
>
>