fixmbr

I want to remove linux from my computer so I want to use the fixmbr command to get rid of GRUB.  The problem is my pc didn't come with a boot disk or anything remotely useful.  Instead it came with a 1GB primary partition that holds a backup of xp.

When I enter xp from GRUB, it always shows a screen that asks if I want to enter Windows or Window's recovery console, but the recovery console doesn't seem to work; it just flashes an underscore in the top-right part of the screen.

So my question is: How do I get my normal boot loader without the recovery console?

edit /boot/grub/menu.lst as root
in that file, find default key and set it to the appropriate number. In my menu.lst, the windows partition is the 3rd entry in menu.lst so I would put ''default 2'' if I wanted to boot windows automatically

#change default to 0 if you want this to boot automatically
title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386 (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
boot

#change default to 1 if you want this to boot automatically
title        Ubuntu, memtest86+
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

#change default to 2 if you want this to boot automatically
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root        (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map        (hd0) (hd1)
map        (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader    +1