footballking3420 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I have a bit of a problem on my hands. I installed a Linux OS on a separate partition, but it never came up on GRUB. Now I want to format my entire HDD, but that Linux partition shows up as being locked. I can't boot to it nor can I delete the partition. Help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Have you tried Acronis Disk Director? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 A win98 bootdisk? Try the good old fdisk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Kel's idea is probably the best, if not a little outdated. I haven't had a floppy-capable system in ages. A similar idea is to get UBCD and use one of the disk-wiping tools there. It's a bit overkill, but you can be sure that whatever entry in the partition table that's locking the Linux partition will be erased. Yet another option to try (and less dramatic) is to download Knoppix and burn it to a CD/DVD. You'll be able to boot into a graphical Linux environment, which runs directly from the CD drive. Once booted, run 'gparted'. You should be able to delete the locked Linux partition from there.Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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