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| Thread ID: 30070 | 2003-02-09 21:51:00 | LINUX BAH!!!! Help | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 119802 | 2003-02-11 16:58:00 | I've given up! Linux is way beyond me. What is a Lilo? Finished up with SuSe on two hard drives. Working after a fashion. Tell me how do you delete Linux and reformat the disk to NTFS?? After trying by every conceivable means I managed to get XP to start the installation, but after demolishing all the partitions and running format it refused to install because "another operating system was on the disk". How could it be? five full formats on a single partitioned disk. Anyway I am now the proud owner of a brand new "Baracudda" Win XP is loaded and I am happy again. Except I have two disks that wont do anything except format and load Linux. It was an interesting experriment. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 119803 | 2003-02-11 22:42:00 | Sounds like the Linux partitions still exist on the drive. Run the DOS FDISK and delete all partitions on the drive. If the drives are installed with your XP comp then run the computer management in admin tools and delete the partitions for Linux. Saves booting to DOS. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 119804 | 2003-02-11 22:50:00 | > If the drives are installed with your XP comp then > run the computer management in admin tools and delete > the partitions for Linux. Saves booting to DOS. Where's this found? I can right-click on My Computer and select Manage and then I choose Disk Management to mange my partitions, but where are these Admin tools? They sound exciting! ;-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 119805 | 2003-02-11 23:28:00 | Admin tolls are found in the Control Panel in XP. | Elephant (599) | ||
| 119806 | 2003-02-11 23:40:00 | Yes sounds easy.But with software removed there's noyhing on the disk to use. Use an old Dos floppy ,Fdisk tells me there is only a single partition on the disk and I set it up as a dos partition, then try to install XP. Xp ,of course formats the drive to NTFS and then tells me how dangerous it is to have two operating systems in a single partition. I tell it install anyway. It starts, then reboots and goes through the same routine | JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 119807 | 2003-02-12 01:47:00 | If you are using a (real) DOS FDISK, or W95 one, it's likely to be not able to delete (let alone "see") Linux (or any non-MS partitions. I think the version on W98 (and later) install CDs will do it. Otherwise, if you use the Linux install CD again, in "expert" mode, you should be able to use the fdisk on that to delete the linux partition. | Graham L (2) | ||
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