How to Remove Linux?

[Topha]

Hi

I want to temporarily remove linux from my system. At the moment I am using the lilo bootmanager, so I wonder how to do it. Will the bootmanager still work when I just delete the partition linux is installed on?
Do I have to restore the originial windows xp bootloader, and if yes, how do i do that?

[Ribbit]

LILO will likely fail once you delete the Linux partition(s) and use them for other things, so you'll need to reinstall the XP bootloader. I don't know how to do that (it used to be fdisk /mbr, but I think it's changed).

[Topha]

Thanks, i think thats still it. Did it a while back, but i just couldnt remember.

[runderwo]

Hehe

[Topha]

Well, i just deleted the partition, and the lilo bootmanager is still there.

Doesnt bother me, since im gonna install linux again in a few weeks, no problems so far

[PGK]

howdy.
i don't know what disto you're using, but just boot from the install cd and press your f1 key. that will bring up options. you can choose to remove the bootloader.

[Roark]

Boot off of the Windows XP CD, go into the recovery console, and type "fixmbr". think that works.

edit: its either that or "fixboot". or both. i honestly don't remember right now cause its late.

[Ribbit]

Topha, you need to remove LILO. Currently it's reading from where your Linux partition used to be, and once you overwrite that part of your drive with something else, LILO is going to screw up. I'd follow Roark's advice, it sounds like exactly what you need to do.

[DentyCracker]

fixmbr will do it. Just removed linux a couple days ago. I'll put it back on once I get mandrake 9.1

[Topha]

well, it screwed up my computer

but it wasnt the bootmanager, it was something else. It booted to the welcome screen of winXP, and then it gave me all kinds of error messages, that some files couldnt be saved, and i should choose another place to save them to. but that was all on drive c:, and after a few reboots with the linux partition long gone, so im not sure what happened.

luckily i was able to save all important data

[WyWyWyWy]

May be you need to change boot.ini?