Zorin OS

hey, i recently installed zorin os on my pc and really like the os.but now i have it installed on a nother pc.and want to remove it completly from my 1st pc, that pc has also windows 7 on it and have tried booting the zorin live cd and using g-parted to delete the partitions.and have then booted my win7 recovery cd and ran the cmd prompt and typed :fixmbr but nothing happens.could you please tell me what im doing wrong.thanks rob

Re: Remove Zorin w/o affecting Windows

You can remove Zorin by booting the Zorin Live CD.  When the desktop loads open a terminal and run

Code:

gksu gparted

This will open gparted. Delete the Zorin partitions (backup data you don't want to lose beforehand).

Next step is very important since GRUB is on MBR of your disk and you will not be able to boot windows until you put Windows back on the MBR. Open a terminal from the Live CD still and run

Code:

sudo apt-get install lilo

This will install lilo to the Live CD session.

Next in terminal run

Code:

sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr

This will fix your MBR so windows will boot. sda assuming you have only one hard disk. Once complete you can reboot without the Live CD and boot right to windows. You can use windows disk management utility to set up the unallocated space from the Zorin partitions as you like. You can either extend C: to include all that unallocated space or create new partition(s).

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rmockler at November 1, 2010 at 10:14 PM

Re: Remove Zorin w/o affecting Windows

You can remove Zorin by booting the Zorin Live CD.  When the desktop loads open a terminal and run

Code:

 

gksu gparted

 

This will open gparted. Delete the Zorin partitions (backup data you don't want to lose beforehand).

Next step is very important since GRUB is on MBR of your disk and you will not be able to boot windows until you put Windows back on the MBR. Open a terminal from the Live CD still and run

Code:

 

sudo apt-get install lilo

 

This will install lilo to the Live CD session.

Next in terminal run

Code:

 

sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr

 

This will fix your MBR so windows will boot. sda assuming you have only one hard disk. Once complete you can reboot without the Live CD and boot right to windows. You can use windows disk management utility to set up the unallocated space from the Zorin partitions as you like. You can either extend C: to include all that unallocated space or create new partition(s).

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thanks mockler that worked fine.

Sorry I am New in This,

I have alreadly downloaded the zorin 3 64 bit in my computer, and copied the files into a CD, I am currently running windows 7 x64, I wish to create dual boot with zorin.. But i am having trouble booting the system from the CD(Containing zorin OS).. I have alreadly selected my blue-ray drive as my 1st boot device from my BIOS, and it still refuses to boot from the CD.. After the POST message it goes straight to windows 7..

Please Help

Cheerio

When you state that you have "copied the files into a CD" I suspect that the CD is not properly prepared to be a bootable CD.  You must BURN the .iso file to a CD.  If you are unable to succeed in doing this, reply back and we will help guide you through it.