Removing grub from laptop

Is it possible to remove grub by doing a windows 8 refresh

Wondering if this would work as I'm doing this on a friend's system. Dont want to mess up anything. He doesn't have a CD to fix the MBR so I figured that a refresh would most likely fix it. Is this right?

Thanks!

Julian

If you have a Windows installation DVD or repair CD, you can boot to a repair command prompt and run:

bootrec /fixmbr

This command installs the Windows bootloader. If you have a dual boot it would boot straight to Windows and you can then do what you want with the linux partitions.

If the Windows refresh you are talking about is the manufacturer-supplied option, then I doubt it will do anything with the bootloader. If you don't have a Windows installation DVD or repair CD, boot Windows and create a repair CD. Or a repair USB.

Alternatively you can use lilo with it's "Windows-style bootloader" option from Ubuntu, which works the same as the Windows bootloader. See here for details.