Hi, you have to boot with the win cd and when it goes to repair, I
think. I dont use windows any more. Then, enter your admin password at
the C prompt, enter fixmbr and it'll remove the grub partition and
you're good to go. You can then reinstall Linux if you wish.

Steve.

On 28 January 2011 05:58, Harvey Rose <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was installing Linux openSUSE 11.3 on my computer and set it up with boot
> loader Grub so I could also install Windows XP Home Edition. After
> installing both systems and getting them to Dual Boot I upgraded Windows XP
> to SP3 and then it crashed. I decided that I shouldn't put Linux on the same
> hard drive. I reformatted the drive with Paragon Partition Manager 11.  I
>  had bought a new 1.0 TB drive and put Windows XP on it and want to use the
> drive that I had put Linux on as a backup drive partitioned it as a extended
> drive and formatted NTFS.
> The problem that I get now when I boot the Grub comes up with message:
> GRUB loading stage 1.5
> Grub loading, please wait
> Error 22
>
> The computer then freezes. If I do a cold boot 3 times the the Grub message
> is gone and it boots directly into Windows. Since my backup drive is almost
> empty I would like to get rid of the GRUB problem on it. Also sometimes when
> booting Windows loads to the point where the mouse pointer will freeze. I'm
> running Bitdefender Total Security 2011.
> Is this 2 problems or is Grub causing this on the second drive? I looked on
> the internet to see if I could find a solution but couldn't find a solution.
>
> Harvey Rose
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You look a little burned out my friend. I guess it must be up to me.

Mr Z.

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