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Can't boot Vista! GRUB Error 22!

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Software Windows 7 HP 64 bit
I recently removed the Linux partition from my computer, since I wasn't using it any more. Now GRUB is shitting brix and telling me that it can't boot, and is giving me an Error 22 on startup. So I can't boot into Vista!
I've looked on the webs and found that I shouldn't have deleted the partition first, and there are a few Linux ways of fixing it, but I want to fix it with my Windows disk since I have no spare CDs to burn stuff to.
I think I have to reset the master boot record or repair it, but I'm not sure how and I dont know if that will remove GRUB! Halp! :cry:
Any help will be greatly appreciated :respect:
 
Boot Vista installation disk and do repair. First thing it do is repair it is fixing the bootloader. Repair wont be longer than 1 min.
 
I tried the autorepair function first off, no luck there. Then I tried fixmbr in the prompt, no luck either. Then a friend recommended I try bootrec.exe /fixmbr, and all was well!
Problem solvered!
 
From where did you run bootrec.exe /fixmbr ?
 
In the command prompt option? That was the last on the list of repair options, and the most useful as it turned out. :D
 
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