Uninstalling Linux Help Plz.

PDog · 11-14-2003, 11:01 AM

Im using a whole 60GB drive for linux. But I want to get rid of it, and use it for Windows for my backups.

How do I go about doing this? Can I just use partition magic 8, and delete all the Linux Partitions?
Or is there an actual way to Uninstall Linux?

Vlad_M · 11-14-2003, 11:25 AM

Just delete the partitions, and your done. If that is your primary master, and you have lilo/grub/something else on the MBR, remember to do a fdisk /mbr as well to wipe it.

fancypiper · 11-14-2003, 11:27 AM

It would pay to remove Windows and use Linux IMHO. I dropped them in 1999, but have to boot into them occasionally to help my idiot friends who insist on using Microsoft crap.

# How do I uninstall Linux completely and keep/use Windows only?
How to Remove Linux and Install Windows 2000
How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP
You can remove lilo from the mbr with
/sbin/lilo -u
You can remove grub or lilo from the mbr by booting with a Windows 98 boot floppy (at the prompt, type fdisk /mbr), or by using the Windows XP Recovery Console or the Windows 2000 Recovery Console