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linuxman — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:59:20 GMT

As a general rule it is wisest to use the fdisk for the operating system which is on the Hard Disc to remove the partitions.
When you are removing Linux from a hard disc with only Linux on it is best to start by running
/sbin/lilo -U to remove the lilo boot loader.
Then without rebooting run fdisk and remove each partition. This will then clear the whole disc.
If you want to install Windows and Linux then always install Windows first. Sadly Microsoft STILL don't know there are other very good o/s's about so Windows tries to grab the whole disc unless you tell it not to.
After you have allowed Windows to install to part of the disc you can then install Linux. It is intelligent enough to realise you may occasionally want to use Windows and will act accordingly. Towards the end of the install it will ask you how you want to set up your boot menu. At that time you can say you want Linux and Windows and choose which will be the default.
best wishes

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plato69 — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 21:52:10 GMT

thanks for all replies.
I've now managed to do it using redhats druid and deleting partitions. I'm not sure how I did it but it worked and I was able to repartition and load windows. Phew!
Live and learn.

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Adrianhants — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 21:45:01 GMT

If want to do a complete wipe of your hard drive and start again, go the web site of the HDD's manufacturer and download the software to make a diagnostic boot disc. It should include a low-level format utility which you can use to overwite the entire disk with zeros. Once you have done that you should be able to boot up with the 98 boot disk and do all the usual fdisk and formatting routine, as you would on a brand new hard drive.

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plato69 — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 10:17:50 GMT

problem is I cannot use these as my computer keeps on booting with redhat. I want to uninstall redhat completely and use fdisk to format and partition.

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Somerset_John — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 09:48:38 GMT

Assuming your not saving anything, try Partition Magic (if you have it) or Rainish Partitioner. The second one is shareware, so you should be able to find it on the web fairly easily.

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plato69 — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:35:34 GMT

I have linux redhat 8 on a second computer. I wish to establish a dual boot with windows 98se.
But I'm having a problem trying to uninstall redhat so I can partition my drive in order to do this.
I have tried with a windows boot disk but fdisk just hangs. I have tried with windows disk to no avail.
How do it get uninstall and format my hard drive. any answers.