Uninstall Linux

[Kilauea]

Hello,

A few months ago I installed Linux on an old HDD that I put in my current computer. However, the HDD is old and I fear it will crash eventually, already sometimes I get weird crash at startup once a week, so I can boot my computer unless both HDD work fine.

Can I uninstall Linux without having to reinstall Windows.

I am running XP.
Thanks

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Kilauea

Hello,

A few months ago I installed Linux on an old HDD that I put in my current computer. However, the HDD is old and I fear it will crash eventually, already sometimes I get weird crash at startup once a week, so I can boot my computer unless both HDD work fine.

Can I uninstall Linux without having to reinstall Windows.

I am running XP.
Thanks

Delete partition and get a program to resize partitions to allow you to gain all space back for XP

[Cheator]

Since it is probably using grub you'll have to boot up into the recovery console and use fixboot and fixmbr.

[Kilauea]

Originally Posted by Cheator

Since it is probably using grub you'll have to boot up into the recovery console and use fixboot and fixmbr.

How would I do that ?

[SugarJ]

Use Mbr Fix to fix boot record first. I used it on my Vista 64 system, worked great. Run from cmd in Windows.

Download here:
Download

Instructions here:
MBR Fix - Fix MBR problems

Now Grub is no longer on your boot record. Your PC will boot straight to Windows.

Vista has it's own partition manager built in, but you're running XP so use Partition Magic or Acronis to delete/expand partition.