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RE: help me delete linux!



I suggest you to use Norton Disk Doctor,
 to patch you partitions, I have to use it
 after I tried to delete Linux partitions from NT,
 may be in your case it may help too.

 (After that you should use Linux fdisk to change your Partitions
  as you wish)

@Maxim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Net Gene [mailto:yo@mail.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 3:15 PM
> To: Yoni Elhanani
> Cc: Isaac Aaron; the rookie; linux-il@linux.org.il
> Subject: Re: help me delete linux!
> 
> 
> 
> What you have to do is get PartitionMagic, or the latest version of
> Fips, both can partition FAT disks without deleting/formating
> (LOOSING!!!) ALL YOUR INFORMATION!!!...
> And there is also a HOWTO on how to install linux and windows 95/98
> without deleting it. look for it.
> --
> 
> Yoni Elhanani wrote:
> > 
> > Isaac Aaron wrote:
> > >
> > > the rookie wrote:
> > >
> > > > i can't delete the partitions with fdisk (linux and
> > > > dos versions)
> > > > what do i do?!
> > > >
> > >
> > > Go to your BIOS setup and low-level format your hard disk.
> > 
> > You're kidding.
> > 
> > 1. Not every bios offers low level format.
> >    (some of us have to buy software to do that, i believe 
> ontrack makes
> > a format utility)
> > 2. And what if he has important stuff on other partitions?
> > 3. Why not just repartition and change the MBR?
> >    If I'm not mistaking both can be done via DOS' fdisk.
> > 4. IIRC, if you don't format correctly you may encounter 
> many new bad
> > sectors.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck,
> > is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners...
> 
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