How the heck do i remove ez-drive from my computer???

[nuclear]

ive been trying to get redhat linux and windows 2000 to dual boot with no luck and the other day i decided to install ez-drive to get extra HD information upon boot-up. well i just went out and bought partition magic 5.01 which works on windows 2000 but when i bootup it says ez-drive is installed and i need to remove it. the uninstall method didnt work so i decided to format and still ex-drive is on the hard disk. i did an fdisk /mbr and its still there!! how can i get ez-drive off my computer!?

[Banti]

The name has changed to Data Lifeguard. Here are the instrutions from WD and the faq can be found here http://www.wdc.com/service/FAQ/dlgtools.html


30: My system now has a BIOS that provides proper LBA
translation to the hard drive(s). How do I Remove
EZ-BIOS?

1.Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools disk in
drive A then reboot the system.
2.Once you've booted onto the diskette
choose EZ-Install from the menu.
3.From the next menu select Advanced
Options, then select EZ-BIOS Setup.
4.Highlight Controlled by EZ-BIOS and
press ENTER to toggle the selection to
Disabled. (If EZ-BIOS displays the
message "Your ROM BIOS is not set up to
correctly handle this drive" see the
note below).
5.Select Exit - Save Changes. Exit
EZ-BIOS (your system will now reboot).
6.Verify that the hard drive boots
properly and that your data is
accessible (if not, see the note
below). If so, reboot the system again
with the Data Lifeguard Tools disk in
drive A and again choose EZ-Install .
7.From the next menu, select Advanced
Options, then select EZ-BIOS Setup.
8.Select Uninstall EZ-BIOS and press
ENTER. EZ-BIOS will display the
following message:

"Be absolutely sure that your BIOS can
access all of the drives correctly
before uninstalling EZ-BIOS."

"Press Y if you really want to
uninstall EZ-BIOS.
Press ESC to cancel uninstalling
EZ-BIOS."

9.Press Y to uninstall EZ-BIOS. EZ-BIOS
will display the message:

"EZ-BIOS has been removed from drive
1."

10.Press any key to continue, then exit
Data Lifeguard Tools. EZ-BIOS has now
been uninstalled.

NOTE: If, after EZ-BIOS releases control of
the drive, your drive/directories are NOT
accessible, then the BIOS LBA translation is
different from the translation EZ-BIOS used.
In this case, enter your BIOS Setup and
disable LBA translation. Leave the drive
parameters as they are. Boot to the Data
Lifeguard Tools diskette, go to the
EZ-Install menu and have EZ-BIOS regain
control of the drive. Backup your data. Once
your data is backed up, re-boot to a floppy
(make sure the boot sequence in your BIOS
looks to the floppy drive first), run FDISK
/MBR, re-partition and format the drive
using FDISK and Format, then restore your
data.

31: Will I lose my data if I uninstall EZ-BIOS?

If EZ-BIOS is uninstalled and the BIOS does
not support large drives, the data on the
drive will not be properly accessible. If
the BIOS does support large drives and is
using the same type of LBA translation that
EZ-BIOS used, then the data should be
accessible.

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Banti

[This message has been edited by Banti (edited 06-05-2000).]

[nuclear]

thanks alot for the help!