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I have been a dumb poo poo and managed to create a big problem that I cannot solve. Problem description: I have an old laptop that I'm cleaning up to Ebay it for beer money. It came with Windows 7 starter and about two years ago I put a partition on the main hard drive to dick around with Fedora as I was frustrated with W7starter. In the end I stuck with W7s because all the programs I needed for university would run on that but not on Linux. I kept the linux partition because it was just there and not doing anything - I never filled up the hard drive enough to have to bother with removing the partition. I got a new laptop recently and so this one is being ebayed. I restored the factory install of W7s, and used the Disk Management tool in W7 to remove the linux partitions in a heavy handed way of removing the fedora install + partitions. I done hosed up because when I restarted, GRUB now tries to look for a linux install that isnt there anymore, and instead gives me a prompt: code:Attempted fixes: I have tried to google for methods to remove GRUB and restore the normal boot sequence, but all the methods I've found so far rely on having a Windows 7 CD and a CD drive to restore the MBR - the netbook doesnt have a CD drive and I dont have a Win 7 CD anyway. Recent changes: As above. Operating system: Windows 7 Starter. System specs: HP Mini 210 netbook, with non-stock 2GB ram chip in it. Location: UK I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes
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Oct 25, 2014 12:51
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In the W7 installation, navigate around until you find advanced settings. There you can format and remove paritions. Remove every single parition, format the one remaining and create a new, large one out of that. It should do the trick. If not...I don't know, it sounds pretty strange.
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Oct 25, 2014 14:34
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No, I cannot even do that. Now all I can do after pressing the on button is watch the following on a black screen:code:I need some way of restoring the original boot sequence, but it can only happen on USB drive because the laptop itself doesnt have a CD drive.
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Oct 25, 2014 19:11
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I found this on youtube. It might work for you. Provided it does, you'll need to repair the MBR to remove grub http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1QpN9IWSoc
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Oct 25, 2014 21:59
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Zarc posted:I found this on youtube. It might work for you. Provided it does, you'll need to repair the MBR to remove grub Thanks for trying, this didnt work either: code:
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Oct 26, 2014 09:54
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Found some more info that may help. The wrong partition may be set active https://neosmart.net/wiki/no-such-partition-grub-rescue/?PageSpeed=noscript
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Oct 26, 2014 13:32
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Get yourself a linux live CD, boot that poo poo up and then use cfdisk to completely delete and format every partition of every HDD on your system. If you need help with that, I can provide you with some more indepth step-for-step stuff.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:47
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Thanks for the suggestions - I managed to make an image of a Win 7 install disc on my USB drive and after some bios fuckery to make it boot from USB first instead of HD I was able to fix the MBR like a charm. I then stuck it on Ebay without doing much research and seem to have near-instantly sold it for 2/3rds of the average selling price. Welp.
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Oct 27, 2014 10:40
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Glad it worked out after all.
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Oct 27, 2014 10:41
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