Mindflux Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 I have both Vista and PCLinuxOS on my laptop. Having decided that linux kind of sucks for a laptop, I want to remove it, rebuild the windows boot loader, and get the hd back to one partition. How do I do all this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuppA-SnipA Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 to get the bootloader back, insert vista cd, click repair computer, and then select boot recovery or something like that to get back the hdd partition to ntfs, u can use disk management in vista Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 I don't have a vista cd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 I don't have a vista cd How about a repair CD that came with your laptop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuppA-SnipA Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 most repair cds are recovery cds, and those only reinstall the OS, then he'd have to backup everything if u use a gparted live disc, u can erase the linux partition from ur hdd, but u'd still have to restore the BCD (vista's bootloader) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 Yeah, that's my problem. I can remove the linux install but then I can't boot into windows. I have a system restore disk but it erases everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuppA-SnipA Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 thats true, if u remove the linux partition it takes the boot loader with it (GRUB, lilo, w/e) and then u may not be able to boot into vista... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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