SuSE 9.2 and Windows ISO

Hazelhorth · 12-22-2004, 03:25 PM

My friends computer wont let him put on Windows XP to erase SuSE 9.2 and then partition. Windows 98 wont even work but that was a recovery disk.

cyto · 12-22-2004, 04:07 PM

Just use dos fdisk to delete the suse's partition.

Hazelhorth · 12-22-2004, 07:56 PM

What do you mean? And how do I do it?

whipermr5 · 12-22-2004, 10:25 PM

You can use another partition tool. Try http://www.terabyteunlimited.com for bootitng.

Hazelhorth · 12-23-2004, 11:01 AM

i am not trying to partition it i am just trying to delete it and then partition.

cyto · 12-23-2004, 05:22 PM

I assume that u r trying to delete SUSE. To remove suse from your computer, just delete suse's partition. Use any partition software to delete that partition and reformat it(just that partition).

whipermr5 · 12-23-2004, 09:00 PM

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i am not trying to partition it i am just trying to delete it and then partition.

You can use partitioning tools to delete suse's partition.

JaseP · 12-24-2004, 12:40 AM

Windoze can't see a Linux partition, other than to know it's there... which is kinda a good thing.

Hence you can't use the typical Windoze install to re-partition the disk. You must use a partitioning tool like fdisk (an M$ tool), or Partition Commander or whatever...

minm · 12-24-2004, 12:44 AM

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Originally posted by JaseP
Windoze can't see a Linux partition, other than to know it's there... which is kinda a good thing.

Hence you can't use the typical Windoze install to re-partition the disk. You must use a partitioning tool like fdisk (an M$ tool), or Partition Commander or whatever...

really? i remember being able to get rid of suse 9.1 partition with windoze xp installation...

JaseP · 12-24-2004, 12:49 AM

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Originally posted by minm
really? i remember being able to get rid of suse 9.1 partition with windoze xp installation...

Was it a full version of XPee or a OEM copy???

minm · 12-24-2004, 12:49 AM

can't seem to remember, it's been a while since i wanted to put windows on my computer hehe

chumisekar · 12-24-2004, 12:56 AM

Just boot with winxp CD and then in the partition option it will definetly show all the partiotions , delete the linux partion and try to install the winxp

regards
Sumithra

JaseP · 12-24-2004, 01:14 AM

I think the problem was that his version of the Windoze software couldn't do that...

I'm guessing it was an OEM copy that didn't have that capability. My experience with XPee is limited to re-installing it on my neighbor's machine,... so that I could make her happy, and get here used to OpenOffice and Firefox. Now I have her using OpenOffice and Firefox on SuSE...