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Old 12-08-2005, 02:04 PM   #1
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Uninstalling Linux


Can anyone tell me how i uninstall linux ?

Thanks
 
Old 12-08-2005, 02:17 PM   #2
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boot up to a dos screen and at the prompt type:

fdisk /mbr

This command changes the mbr back to the way it was before you installed linux and will allow windows to automatically come up. However you will have to format the hard drive with linux on it to get the space back for use in windows.

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Old 12-09-2005, 03:43 AM   #3
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Why would you want to deinstall?

Linux rocks
 
Old 12-09-2005, 04:16 AM   #4
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Or, if you don't have a Windows distro on there already, throwing in any Win CD will happily ask you to wipe the MBR and partition scheme.
 
Old 12-21-2005, 06:24 PM   #5
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But what happens if you're version of Windows came pre-installed and you can't get rid of the bootloader?
 
  


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