Removed Ubuntu

[bunafireman825]

I removed the partitions to had ubuntu installed using windows xp, now when i restart grub says disk not found then goes to Grub recover>


I want to remove the grub and go back to using xp only, i do not have a windows CD.
How do i fix this?

Thanks Bunafireman825

[Ironman]

using xp only, i do not have a windows CD.
How do i fix this?

Then you cannot get XP, unless....

[Quantos]

I want to remove the grub and go back to using xp only, i do not have a windows CD.
How do i fix this?

Is this a brand name computer or a home built computer?

[bunafireman825]

We had a guy build it, then i have changed motherboard/ CPU but kept hard drive with xp on it.


Would creating a usb flash drive boot disk help, if so how do i create one?

[Quantos]

I only asked because if it was a brand name you could contact the manufacturer and arrange for the disks to be sent out.  Alternatively you could also borrow a disk from a friend, make sure it's the same version that you had and reinstall it.  You would want to use your own key however for activation purposes.

[JJ 3000]

Download the XP recovery console disk here:
http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso

Use an image burning program, such as imgburn, to burn the image to a disk. (if you need help with this post back and I'll walk you through it.)

Now boot to the disk and press R to enter the recovery console. Then you will be asked which XP installation that you want to log onto. If you have only one XP installation on your computer, press 1 and then press enter. Then you will be asked to enter the administrator password. If there is no password, leave it blank and press enter. You should then see this prompt:
C:\Windows>

At that prompt type in:
cd\
This will take you to a standard C prompt.

At that prompt type in:

Code: [Select]

fixbootand then

Code: [Select]

fixmbr
Good luck!

[Quantos]

I'm not sure if the recovery console will help him if he's blown out his partitions.  But I'm off to work, so I will say good luck Burnafireman825.

[BC_Programmer]

I'm not sure if the recovery console will help him if he's blown out his partitions.  But I'm off to work, so I will say good luck Burnafireman825.

no, he deleted the partitions with Ubuntu on them; the only  thing left is the grub boot loader in the MBR; the recovery console should be able to rewrite the MBR back to the default. (the default being the one that looks for boot.ini and all  that)

[bunafireman825]

Thanks to all that helped.
JJ 3000 That worked perfectly.

Thanks Bunafireman825

[Quantos]

no, he deleted the partitions with Ubuntu on them; the only  thing left is the grub boot loader in the MBR; the recovery console should be able to rewrite the MBR back to the default. (the default being the one that looks for boot.ini and all  that)

Good catch BC, I must've read that wrong.

Good work JJ, You're the man.