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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.
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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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