Hello.

I installed Linux Rdhat Redora Core 1 on my laptop the other day. I tested it, but it is not compatable with my BT Voyager card. Therefore i would like to uninstall it...

I have seen the Windows Support page about uninstalling Linux. It says use fdisk in Terminal (Terminal is Command Prompt right?) with the Linus boot disk in the CD drive.

So i open Terminal and type fdisk, and it says 'unkown command' and doesn't do anything.

Im really stuck. I've looked all over the net and nothing works How do i uninstall Linux?

Thanx for any help.

FD.

You need a Windows boot disk. Boot from the floppy and at the a:\ prompt, type fdisk /mbr. Then run fdisk and remove the partitions.

Ahhh that worked. I did what it said to do on Windows Support, and now, when i restart my laptop, i get this message:

Wat now? :S

Thanx.
FD.

Boot from the Windows cd then. I always used a Win 98 cd for this, but W2k or XP should work in a similar way. The XP command is fixmbr rather than the fdisk /mbr one.

Ahhh that worked. I did what it said to do on Windows Support, and now, when i restart my laptop, i get this message:



quote:
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GRUB version 0.93.....

[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possilbe command complletions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename.]

GRUB>

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Wat now? :S

Thanx.
FD

Load your Windows XP into that hard drive and boot with it. It will load a huge number of drivers and finally present you with a EULA, and then a screen with options like:
1. Install a new version of Windows
2. Repair a current installation
3. Exit

Of course, I am assuming you are having Windows XP disk. The procedure is the same for Windows 2000, and only slightly varies for Windows 98 (thought I doubt you are having 98 ?)

Right, so at this stage, if you already had Windows, it is a no brianer that you choose option 2. Once you do that, it will open a command line and search whether there are any current installations or not. Assuming you had installed it on c: the prompt will give you
c:\Windows >
Here just type fixmbr, it will give a warning, and once you confirm it the next time you reboot you won't have GRUB, and consequently you won't have the choice of Linux. You can then format your Linux partition through Windows Control Panel.

If you didn't have Windows in the first place, you can just press 1 in the earlier menu and carry out the installation of Windows without varying about a bootloader, since Windows doesn't expect any other OS on a machine.

Do post what happens

With regards
Hari

I have put my windows disk into my CD drive, but i dont get the option to boot off of it. It just go's stright to the GRUB thing

Im using a bootable re-installation disk, but i cant boot off of my Unbuntu OR Fedora CD.

Is there a command i can put into GRUB to load the windows CD?

Thanx.

FD.

Ok look.. if you are unable to boot from the CD, it could possibly mean that either the CD you are having is not a regular boot disk (are you sure you are using an original version of Windows XP, or have used that CD before to install Windows?? ), or of course, the BIOS is not configured to boot from the CD.

In the second case, when your computer boots, look all over the screen quickly. Somewhere you will find a piece of information that says "Press * to enter setup", where the * varies according to your BIOS. Press that button and enter your bios. (It will normally be something like F2, F10, Del etc).

Once you are done, look at all the settings and all the pages of the BIOS. Avoid making any changes to it. Search for a section that talks about boot order. Here is what you need to tweak. Since I am unable to see your computer I will not know what exactly you are able to see. Just search for the place it talks about boot order and make sure the CD is the first place it boots from, the floppy second (if you have a drive) and then the hard disk.

Hopefully this should work.

Try and see !

Why do you keep saying when clearly, it didn't?

I meant it bought up the fdisk options...

I have used this XP disk before and it was worked fine. And i also cant boot off of my Linux CD either... I have cheaked my BIOS and they are set to:

1) CDROM
2) External Devices
3) Hard-drive
4) LAN

But it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

FD.