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   Subject: Re: How to remove 1 of the 3 systems from my PC?   
   Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:23:14 -0500   
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   "mb"  wrote in message   
   news:6q2dnb7eILODoH7YnZ2dnUVZ8sDinZ2d@zeelandnet.nl...   
   > On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:27:55 -0500, Fedor DeGazz wrote:   
   >   
   > > Using GRUB as my bootloader, I have Windows Millennium on hda1; Windows   
   XP   
   > > on hdb1 and Ubuntu 6.06 on hdb2. I want to completely remove Windows XP   
   > > and have dual boot with Millennium and Ubuntu only. The way it is   
   > > currently set up, it boots first to a menu where I choose Ubuntu or   
   > > Windows, and if I choose Windows it takes me to another menu where I   
   > > choose XP or Millennium. Can anyone tell me what I must do to remove XP   
   > > from my system and have it boot Ubuntu and Millennium? I'm not sure how   
   to   
   > > go about it without making a mistake and having it not boot at all. I   
   have   
   > > the GRUB configuration tool in Ubuntu but it doesn't seem to be of any   
   > > help with what I want to do. Thanks.   
   >   
   > Well, it sounds like you need to alter the Windows MBR (Boot.ini?) to have   
   > ME only, then delete the XP bit. You shouldn't need to alter the GRUB   
   > loader.   
   >   
   > But why would you want to keep Millenium rather than XP?   
   >   
   > --    
   > Mike   
   >   
       Because XP is slow on my older PC, and because I've had some trouble   
   with it and my hardware.   
      
           Thanks for the replies, that really helps. I'm trying to learn these   
   things and knowing how to get a system to boot can be a very handy thing.   
      
               Fedor   
      
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