Trying to install over Linux

[Fragsta]

I installed Linux over my windows system to try it out for a bit but I've found that it is not completely suitable for my needs and I'd like to put Windows back on. However, upon booting from my Windows Professional disc, I am told that setup is checking hardware configuration and then the screen goes blank without any allowance for interaction. What on Earth could be wrong? Should I perhaps wipe the hard drive first? If so, how can I do that from this stage?

[jmatt]

When you say booting, do you have the bios set to boot from the cd 1st?

If so, set it to boot from the floppy 1st & use a boot disk & run fdisk, delete partitions, repatition, reboot & format.
A W95 boot disk is fine.

Boot disk's.
http://www.madboot.com/
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml
http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/tec101799.html
http://www.startdisk.com/Web2/ubd/ubd.htm
http://www.startdisk.com/Web2/ubd/Clean.htm
http://www.bootdisk.com/
http://support.micronpc.com/file_lib/boot.html
http://www.etplanet.net/windows/bootdisk/
http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html
http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/

How to use fdisk.

Extensive help here
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/de..._partition.htm
http://www.lurkhere.com/forum/DCForumID19/23.html

http://fdisk.radified.com/
http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/hdd.txt
http://www.computerhope.com/sfdisk3.htm
http://www.pcguide.com/proc/setup/hdd.htm
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q255/8/67.ASP
http://www.compguystechweb.com/troub...fdisk_scr.html
http://www.compguystechweb.com/troub...isk/index.html
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/weendoggy/index.htm
http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.html
http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/fdiskformat.html

[Fragsta]

Thanks, I managed to find a WinXP Home CD and for some reason that worked, and I just installed Professional over it. Cheers.

[jmatt]

Good news, thanks for letting me know.