Mocht4R Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I have two operating systems, but one i dont need, Linux. How should i delete Linux? Through windows, or through linux itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Well, you can't really delete linux through itself. And through windows you can't see the partition/drive that linux is on. So you have to either use a third party program like Partition Magic, or a boot disk with a format utility. You could use Killdisk. They have a free version of their program. However, know this, after you delete the linux partition you wont be able to boot into your windows partition because the boot loader would have become obsolete. Do this, insert either your win2k or winxp cd into your drive, reboot and press enter when the "Press any key to begin setup" or whatever it says. Upon the first screen press r. This'll start the recovery console. Select your main partition and, if need be, type in your admin password. You don't need to do this if you're using a win2k disc on a winxp install. Anyways. Type in fixmbr and press enter. Type Y to confirm that that is the main partition and it is the one that has your master boot record and press enter again. For good meassure, although you don't really have to, type in fixboot. Again type Y and enter. Bam, your PC is back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 ...and make use of the now-empty space left by the deleted Linux partition. Either expand your primary partition to fill that space or create another FAT32/NTFS partition there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Devil Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 No problem just open Control panel>Admin tools> Computer managementSelect Disk managementDelete the Unknown Partitions listed therecreate a new partition frm the free space got by deletionformat it and use :-)No problem just open Control panel>Admin tools> Computer managementSelect Disk managementDelete the Unknown Partitions listed therecreate a new partition frm the free space got by deletionformat it and use :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 No problem just open Control panel>Admin tools> Computer managementSelect Disk managementDelete the Unknown Partitions listed therecreate a new partition frm the free space got by deletionformat it and use :-)No problem just open Control panel>Admin tools> Computer managementSelect Disk managementDelete the Unknown Partitions listed therecreate a new partition frm the free space got by deletionformat it and use :-)LOL.. too bad if you have GRUB or LILO as your MBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Devil Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) Oops i 4gotInsert u r xp cd , boot with itselect recovery console (by pressing R)type "fixmbr"press yDoneMBR willbe rewritten without any prblms (coz i havnt yet got none)rebootAgain !!m3n70r has already posted this :-( :-/ Edited February 2, 2006 by Innocent Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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