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Before Ubuntu installation the drive had one NTFS partition with data. I used windows software to shrink the NTFS partition and create 2 more unformatted partitions for ubuntu installation.

At this point I made a backup of the MBR using windows.

Since then, files have been added / changed on the NTFS partition but the partitions stayed the same size and no other partition was created.

In removing GRUB so to make disk unbootable (If I just erase ubuntu system, I still get a GRUB message at boot - if the disk is 1st in queue), IS IT SAFE for my NTFS files to replace the MBR with the one I have saved???

Thanks

user212310
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  • In your case it should work. Having a backup of the MBR is always handy, but I'd only use it as a last resort. Booting from a repair-CD and calling bootrec /fixmbr (as described here) is the safer method. – MadMike Nov 15 '13 at 06:55
  • @MadMike, I thought that fixmbr would do for a disk of a single partition. My backup has the info about the 3 partitions as follows: 1.NTFS partition with files as they were at the time of backup. 2.2 empty, unformatted partitions. – user212310 Nov 22 '13 at 20:40
  • The fat is stored in the partition, not in the MBR right? The question is, if overwrite the MBR with the saved one, will my changed/new files (both in ntfs and system Ubuntu partitions) be there OR will I get the disk as it were at time of MBR backup? Thanks – user212310 Nov 22 '13 at 20:55

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