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Old 07-08-2005, 04:47 AM
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Hi guys reading through a mag and found this on linux, about Red Hat Fedora2, but this is for uninstalling if any of you are getting troubles.

It is possible to remove Linux from your computer but it is important that you do it the right way to avoid creating more problems. The menu that you see when your computer starts is called LILO(Linus Loader) and this allows you to choose between Linux and Windows when you start your computer. If you just delete the Linux part of your hard disk this menu will stop working and prevent you from accessing Windows.

Start your computer and select Red Hat Fedora. When you are logged into Linux, start a Terminal session. Every version of Linux is slightly different but there should be an entry in the start menu called System and another within it called Terminals. Select any of the entries in this list. Type su and then enter the password for the 'root' user account when prompted. Type 'lilo-u/dev/hda' without the speech marks and press enter. Restart your computer and Windows will start automatically without prompting for Linux.

You will need a separate program such as Partition Magic to reclaim the space taken up by Linux back into your C: partition. An easier and cost free alternative is to create a second partition using Windows.
Click on the Start button, right click on my Computer and select Manage from the menu that appears. Click on the Disk Management option on the left-hand side of the screen to see a reprentation of all the disks on your computer. The WINDOWS part of your computer will be shown as a bar along the bottom of the screen with a blue strip along the top. There will be several sections the right labelled Healthy (Unknown) and this is the section of your hard disk taken up by Linux. Right-click on each one and select Delete Partition in turn. Once this section of the disk is empty, right-click on it and select New Partition. Follow the wizard, selecting a Primary partition, all the free space available and the default settings for a drive letter and the file system options. Click on Finish and Windows will format the disk.
For more info about changing LILO see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-us;171611.

I dont know this will help but found it anyway.
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