remove linux, and then install Windows XP

[Chris Linstid]

I could be wrong, but I think he already got Windows reinstalled, but  
he still has grub installed in the MBR and grub is looking for his / 
boot partition (which he already blew away)... thus the grub error.

	- Chris


On Apr 26, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Neil Schelly wrote:

> It seems you're getting a lot of help with the MBR, but that isn't  
> what you're
> looking for.  You have/had Linux on there and want to install  
> Windows over it
> instead.
>
> As far as I know, you just have to boot from the Windows install  
> disc and it
> will be more than happy to just take over the hard disk regardless  
> of whether
> or not your MBR or partition tables are clear.
>
> In your case, you said that instead of booting from the Windows  
> installer
> disc, you saw a GRUB message instead of the Windows bootup.  That  
> would
> indicate to me that your BIOS is set to boot from the hard disk  
> before the
> CD-ROM.
>
> So clearing your MBR will probably make the BIOS try and boot from  
> the hard
> disk, fail, and then boot from the CD-ROM.  But you may find it a  
> whole lot
> easier to tell your BIOS to look to the CD-ROM first.
> -N
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