I have an old laptop dual-booted with windows 10 and linux mint, I deleted the linux partition from within windows, fully aware that doing so would also delete grub, which had replaced windows' MBR. So after resizing partitions I rebooted the computer and put my windows repair disc in so I could patch the MBR. But when the repair disc had finish booting I was presented with only one option: to fix everything automatically, which to windows means do nothing.
The repair disc was not damaged, and to make sure I created another repair disc on another computer and that one didn't work either.
I then downloaded windows installation media using micro$oft's media creation tool, and to my displeasure found the iso file to be 4.8gb, which would not fit on a dvd. I tried to use a usb, but the laptop refuses to boot from it (maybe its too old).
What do I do? Is it possible to reinstall grub without linux? Or is there a third-party bootloader or repair utility that I could use?
The repair disc was not damaged, and to make sure I created another repair disc on another computer and that one didn't work either.
I then downloaded windows installation media using micro$oft's media creation tool, and to my displeasure found the iso file to be 4.8gb, which would not fit on a dvd. I tried to use a usb, but the laptop refuses to boot from it (maybe its too old).
What do I do? Is it possible to reinstall grub without linux? Or is there a third-party bootloader or repair utility that I could use?