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Old 04-24-2004, 11:37 AM
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Exclamation Linux/windows Expert help needed

I have a
p4 2.0GHz
128 ram
40.0g WD hd (ntfs)
4.0g WD hd (linux/ext2)

Ok so i decided to try out mandrake linux 10.0 but i only had cd1 I did not burn the iso of the other two to the cds correctly...but anyways, I installed it to hdb1 being my 4.0g drive which was already formatted. Now I wish to delete Linux from slave drive, but when i boot up now it takes me to a blue screen where I choose the following:
Linux
LinuxFs..something something
FailSafe
Windows
Floppy

I want to take this all off and don't know how. I didnt know what I was getting into I know nothing of linux.
I think the first step is to uninstall the bootup choosing program
What are the steps into restoring my bootup and makeing the 4.0g from ext to ntfs?
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Old 04-25-2004, 02:07 PM
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I found the link from MS to fix the mbr:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;229716
you should be able to afterward go to fdisk and delete the non dos partitions. Then you should be able to find the 4 gig drive in my computer folder right click on it then tell it to format either in fat32 or ntfs.
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Old 04-26-2004, 09:08 AM
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I need to figure out how to take LILO of my MBR i hate dual booting through it i'd prefer the reg boot.ini way
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Old 07-22-2004, 02:25 AM
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Ya know, something you may want to consider, if you have the dual boot screen with:

Linux
LinuxFs..something something
FailSafe
Windows
Floppy

then you may have a functional dual boot system. If when hitting Linux you don't drop into a GUI called KDE or Gnome then I agree you should junk it. When you installed it you probably went with the defaults which for all practical purposes overlays the MBR. Normally, you'd select boot from the top of one of the linux partitions (which must start at <8GB v <32GB depending on how sophisticated Mandrake is). But if you want to reset the MBR then standard procedure is, and I quote from SuSE man pages (for XP):

Boot from the Windows XP CD and press the 'R' key during the setup to start the Recovery Console. Select your Windows XP installation from the list and enter the administrator password. At the input prompt , enter the command FIXMBR and confirm the security query with y. Then reboot the computer with 'exit'.

After that you're on your own.
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