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| Thread ID: 40805 | 2003-12-19 01:24:00 | Removing Mandrake Linux 9.0 | Sucloya (5015) | Press F1 |
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| 201552 | 2003-12-19 01:24:00 | Hello i have a Hard Drive split into 3 Partitions the First which contains Windows ME is 19.3 Gb. The Second has the system restore stuff on it and is 1.5 GB and the third has Linux on it and is approve 7.5 GB I am unsure on how to removie Linux as I don't want to stuff up the System Restore Partition. Any Help? |
Sucloya (5015) | ||
| 201553 | 2003-12-19 01:38:00 | why would you want to remove linux? | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 201554 | 2003-12-19 01:41:00 | Its Eating up space I need on the Windows Partition. | Sucloya (5015) | ||
| 201555 | 2003-12-19 01:43:00 | what version of windows so u have? | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 201556 | 2003-12-19 01:44:00 | sorry, i forgot it's me. if u right click my computer and click manage then go in to disk partioining. |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 201557 | 2003-12-19 01:46:00 | Theres nothing like that there. | Sucloya (5015) | ||
| 201558 | 2003-12-19 01:49:00 | go on google and search for a dos partitioner. then use that to delete all the ext 3 partitions (linux partitions) |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 201559 | 2003-12-19 01:54:00 | or you can use partition magic to do that. | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 201560 | 2003-12-19 01:55:00 | Well found. :D Partitioning is always potentially dangerous. So be careful. :D I belive that MS's FDISK programme will remove foreign partitions now. I don't know, because I am more likely to use a Linux partitioner to remove an MS partition. ;-) You should try Start/Settings/Run FDISK . The Linux partition wuill actually be an Extended partition containing two or three logical partitions which have to be deleted before the extended one can be. If you have been using LILO or grub to select the OS you use, try "FDISK /MBR" to remove the boot manager. If the ME version of FDISK won't remove the Linux, use your mandrake installation CD. Just select manual partitioning, do that, then exit. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 201561 | 2003-12-19 02:02:00 | OOPS. FDISK won't work on the disk it was booted from. Make a ME emergency boot floppy (Settings Add/remove programmes/Microsoft tab? ) then boot from that. It will have FDISK on it. | Graham L (2) | ||
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