Quick Partition Question

[imported_Stew]

I currently have GRUB bootloader handling my dual boot system.

If I just go ahead and delete my Red Hat partition (which contains the bootloader), will my system default back to single boot?

Thanks in advance

 

[silverpig]

Are you sure you didn't write grub to the /mbr?

 

[Brazen]

boot to the recovery console from an XP CD and do "fixboot" or "fixmbr" or something like that. Alternatively, boot to a Win98 floppy disk and do "fdisk /mbr" and that will wipe out your mbr and return it to just how Windows likes it.

 

[imported_Stew]

Originally posted by: Brazen
boot to the recovery console from an XP CD and do "fixboot" or "fixmbr" or something like that. Alternatively, boot to a Win98 floppy disk and do "fdisk /mbr" and that will wipe out your mbr and return it to just how Windows likes it.

"Are you sure you want to write a new boot sector to..."

I'm not gonna lose any data, right?

 

[Brazen]

no, the mbr is a special section at the beginning of the harddrive that only contains boot information.