Re: [SLUG] Removing Linux and i'm having trouble?...Need help ASAP!!!

From: Bpreece (bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Aug 04 2001 - 14:23:46 EDT


you can use the ms dos or windows dos bootable fdisk/mbr

you do not the the linux/unix fdisk to fix the partition table

-----Original Message-----
From: Glen <gurensan@tampabay.rr.com>
To: slug@nks.net <slug@nks.net>
Date: Saturday, August 04, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Removing Linux and i'm having trouble?...Need help
ASAP!!!

>You need to use a Unix version of fdisk (the linux one works) to wipe out
the
>partition table. The DOS one just complains about other partition types but
>won't do anything about them.
>
> Glen
>
>On Saturday 04 August 2001 01:43 am, you wrote:
>> I know, your asking why would anyone un-install Linux to install Windows,
>> Right, well i need to use my laptop for something else, i'll put Linux
back
>> on at a later date.
>>
>> When you un-install Linux, and try to format the drive (FAT/FAT32/NTFS) i
>> cant seem to get in completely clean. I had installed Red Hat 7.1, and i
>> formated, re-partioned the drive and i still get the boot loader of
Linux.
>> How do i wipe the drive clean so i can install another OS?
>>
>> Richard



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