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[ubuntu] Help grub error

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http://ubuntuforums.org – ok. so i've been going through forums for sometime but i don't think i could find the solution. anyways my problem right now is that im a complete beginner and i decided to delete my ubuntu partition thinking that without it, i would be left only with my vista partition. howeverrr.... i found out that i, along with ubuntu, deleted my grub. so basically i got grub error 22 and can't access my vista. D: so right now, my situtation is this: i have no vista CD no ubuntu live CD (lost it) but i have my gparted cd. i would like someone to tell me in simple language how to either competely get rid of my grub so i can just access vista, or more perferably how to fix the grub only with the gparted CD. thanks (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 10/18/2009 – Made popular on 10/18/2009

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