On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Mário Gamito gamito@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have this dual boot Vista-CentOS.
I have one NTFS for Vista, and three for CentOS. I boot to both OS through grub.
Unfortunately, I'm going to need the CentOS space for Vista :( :( :(
So my question is: if I remove the CentOS partitions *from within Vista* with its tool for it, will I be able to still boot Vista ?
Is grub going to disappear ?
If so, will Vista replace it for its own boot manager, thus allowing to boot it ?
Or what ?
I've googled about it, but couldn't find a definitive answer and I can't afford losing my Vista data.
Any help would be appreciated.
Warm Regards, Mário _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
if you wanna delete linux partitions completely , you will unfortunately can't load vista when you start up , the reason is , grub itself won't disappear , but grub can't load configuration file which placed under /boot ( because you deleted it )
don't panic , anyway , you won't lose your files on vista , you can fix the MBR with Windows' own tool and it will boot your windows as normal
i recommend you try this first in your virtual machine , install two systems , windows for first , linux for second , and delete the linux partitions , and try to fix the MBR to boot the Windows , when you made it in your virtual machine , you'll make it in your real one :)
sorry for my poor english , hope you can understand it fully , cheers