My laptop originally came with just Windows, on a single partition. I installed Linux, on a new partition, so that I could dual-boot into Windows and Ubuntu.
Now, I want to go back to just Windows, on a single partition.
I'm in the process of putting Gparted Live on a USB key, but I'm worried that if I get rid of Linux, and make it one partition again, Windows won't boot. Right now, the computer boots into GRUB, and then I select Windows from there. Does this mean that Linux is in charge of loading the OSs, and that getting rid of it will fuck up booting somehow?
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GRUB is in charge, so part of it will look in /boot (whether it be a directory in the / folder or a separate partition and simply mounted there), so you would be unable to boot if you nuked the Linux partition.
The recovery console can help you. Use FIXMBR and the Windows bootloader will be restored and things should work fine again.
Thanks, this is exactly what I needed.
Well... carry on, nothing to see here.