unstalling linux

[siddrocks]

i had three partitions on my hdd. on one i onstalled windows xp and the other two i used for linux(one was the root drive the other was the swap drive)....
the version i installed was modified by a software magazine then distributed..... the version of gnome and kde they provide do not seem to run properly... i decided to install red hat but need to unstall the existing version first ....... plpeasr guide me as to how to uninstall linux.

[bassman]

Welcome to SysOpt! :)

You can use "fdisk" (it's usually in a Win98 installation and/or bootdisk); run it (you may have to boot with a (Win98) bootdisk to do this) and choose option 4 (Delete Non-DOS Partition) on the partitions you want to delete - that will uninstall Linux. Make sure you are deleting the right partition! If you have Windows and Linux dual booting you can also try the command "fdisk /mbr" afterwards, to restore the previous booting options.

[crossedup]

You have to boot with the XP disk , get to a command prompt and type in "fixmbr".

Same idea as fdisk/mbr but the xp W2K equivalent.

Once you have done that you can just get rid of the partition any way you can. As its a linux partition ( sounds like ) you can get rid of it as bassman said. If its just a fat32 one, you can delete everything in it.

[otaku]

But if you just want to install a new Red Hat on the previous one, you can do it. No problems there. Just be sure to format the old partition. It will erase everything there and make a new fresh install :)


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