Friday, March 23, 2012

Remove Grub As Your Boot Loader (Switch To Windows Boot Loader)

Have you ever installed Linux operating systems such as Ubuntu alongside Windows (Not Inside Windows) then you may have found that the boot is different than the normal Windows boot after you have installed the Linux. This is because your main boot loader is set to GRUB instead of the Windows Boot Loader.


Now, if you want to get rid of Ubuntu for instance, then you need to remove the GRUB first. Thus, to remove the GRUB I have found a lot of solutions on the web and tried many of them but the most simple and less time consuming is the with an executable file called mbrfix.exe for Windows.


Here are the steps:
  1. Download the mbrfix from here. (Zip file with instructions)
  2. Extract all the mbrfix.zip to C:\.
  3. Open the command prompt. (Run as administrator)
  4. Type cd \ to goto the root directory.
  5. Then type mbrfix /drive 0 fixmbr /yes and press Enter.
  6. Now you can delete the Ubuntu partitions using any partition editors.
  7. Restart your PC.
You're done. This process will overwrite the GRUB with Windows Boot Loader. When you reboot the PC you'll see Windows Boot Loader instead of GRUB Loader.

Enjoy!!!