androp Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Hi eveyrone. Thanks so much for such a great experience. I'm done with OSX86 for now after getting very close to a fully stable system but the thrill is gone. I will buy a mac in the near future. Question. How can I completely remove OSX86 from my dual boot systtem? I'm afraid if I just remove the OSX partition using partition magic, then it will screw with Darwin or something along those lines and I won't be able to boot into XP anymore. I've searched around the forums but haven't found the solution yet. I would appreciate your help with this. I'm running a dual boot system, XP and OSX86 from a singe primary internal HD. Thanks so much in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29658-done-asta-la-vista-time-to-uninstall/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4ck1nt05h Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Easiest way is to boot up with the Windows XP CD and go into the recovery console. Once in the recovery console, run the commands "fixmbr" and "fixboot", this will restore the default Windows bootloader and set it as the default. After that, use Partition Magic and delete the partition and resize your Windows partition to take up the entire drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29658-done-asta-la-vista-time-to-uninstall/#findComment-204644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
androp Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Thanks for the help, however, I went into recovery console, ran the commands, and now I'm getting: NTLDR is missing press any key to reboot. I then tried copying the ntldr and ntdetect.com from the CD in recovery console to c:\ but I get the same error. please help!!! Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29658-done-asta-la-vista-time-to-uninstall/#findComment-205119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
altievane Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 do you have any windows installed? you just need to copy the ntldr to windows partition (C:\) or if you have a floppy drive go to BootDisk.com and boot via your floppy or dload windows xp bootdisk (xpquick.zip) and there is a file NTLDR then copy it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29658-done-asta-la-vista-time-to-uninstall/#findComment-205222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
androp Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 I fixed the problem. It turns out that my windows partition was not the active partition. The OS X was still active. Once I set the Windows to active I was all set. Thanks everyone. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29658-done-asta-la-vista-time-to-uninstall/#findComment-205237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
altievane Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 well good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29658-done-asta-la-vista-time-to-uninstall/#findComment-205264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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