M2RTY
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no not the deoderant, the opperating system!!
i have bought a pc with Thiz Linux pre installed, but i cant load the damn thing, comes up with an error - i reinstalled it last night - no luck, tried uninstalling it - no luck
i just want rid of it so i can but 2000 on, but i cant figure out how 2 do it
got a cd with it on too
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willay
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uh, installing window2000 should be pretty simple?
Make sure machine is set to boot off the CDROM
Pop windows2000 CD in
Reboot computer, let it boot off the CD (may ask to press any key)
Go through the install screens, when it asks for space to install on, delete all the other partitions (it may show them as 'unknown' or something), make a new partition with free space, install it, bam.
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M2RTY
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dont have a disk so i aint tried it yet lol
i have no dealing woth partitions as such 
my xp disk wont boot up from disk i belive, its a back up copy see, had this trouble with my normal pc
can i delete linux off the PC as it is or do i install windows first? cheeers
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willay
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during the windows install you can delete the partitions that linux is on, thus removing it. I believe they make it very simple in the install, so you shouldnt have a problem.
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willay
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or bring it down to Kris TD's and I'll do it for a pint and a packet of peanuts.
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M2RTY
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450 mile round trip  i can buy my own copy for that!
cheers tho mate, will the partition laready be set up?
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paul_spurrell
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no. linux has many partitions. fdisk it
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RV H
450 mile round trip i can buy my own copy for that!
cheers tho mate, will the partition laready be set up?
AFAIK from when I've done it, it shows the partitions up as 'unknown' or something like that, but i'm not 100% sure, best option is when you go through the windows setup, delete every partition in sight and make a new one ready for Windows  !
450 mile round trip? yeah but you will get to see kris, myself, and experience hertfordshire at its best.
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M2RTY
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aint seen kris in about 9 months now!
when ive install windows in the past it hasnt ever asked for partitions........ no wait i think it has :s
best bet is if i get a disk and try it, easier said then done doh
how do i use fdisk as a command in dos? how do i get in2 dos without linux trying to open?
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willay
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need a boot up disk, such as the classic Windows 98 Boot disk.
make sure computer is booting from floppy,
pop disk in, boot computer, reads off floppy.
boots into dos, the disk *SHOULD* come with the fdisk program in, and delete partitions from that.
But i do believe the windows installation has all of this ready for you, and with pretty colours.
In the end you don't care about the linux installation, so you can afford to screw up X amount of times
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M2RTY
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one problem:
i do not have a floppy drive as the PC is custom build to fit in glovebox
i can boot from CD and possibly make a boot CD
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willay
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you sure that the windows xp cd isnt bootable?
if it isnt bootable, then ring up your nearest dodgy mate (tm) and get a bootable copy. OR u2u me
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M2RTY
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my xp disk caused my problems last week as it wouldnt boot, i had 2 make the 6 floppys to boot BUT my bios wasnt playing ball and wouldnt let me boot from cd, im going to give it a try
the lad who sold it says he recomends just booting from a 2000 cd, wiping the partition with lynux on and going from there
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willay
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try different methods, if you have the time
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M2RTY
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or the know-how
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thekemp
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if you boot from win 2k cd or win98 cd it wont see the linux partitions, fdisk wont delete them either , it just comes up with "unable to delete non-dos partition" you need to find out what your hard disk is and download the manu's tools disk, nero can make a floppy image into a cd image and boot from that and delete all the partitions or if you know anyone who has powerquest partition magic that will do it .
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M2RTY
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doh doh doh, so ive got 1.5 gig in a partition wasted? can i load linux up and delete itself?
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jamesw
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if u have a linux cd mate u can boot off it and delete the partitions from there, on the other hand theres an advanced version of fdisk floating around if you search for it on google that will also do the job.
JW
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Tim
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You need to create a root and boot disk from the linux install cd (using rawrite)...
Then you boot from the floppies, which gives you a linux shell, and hence linux fdisk... which will then allow you to delete the linux partitions...
Then just boot off windows 2000 cd and create the ntfs/fat partitions on what will now be a blank partition table 
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Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesw
if u have a linux cd mate u can boot off it and delete the partitions from there, on the other hand theres an advanced version of fdisk floating around if you search for it on google that will also do the job.
JW
Or that if the linux install cd boots
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jamesw
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Any chance of havin a look at ya system when its finnished mate? was thinking of doin something similar with my laptop but tv out quality is total crap on it.
JW
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M2RTY
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yeah mate no probs
ive had 2 create 7 cds just to get xp on lol
im putting xp on now, but NOT deleted linux yet, is that ok or not?
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