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  • June 23, 2000 at 2:38 am #2075505

    how do I uninstall Linux

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    by djcrisp · about 23 years, 3 months ago

    I have just started to use linux so I dont know much at the moment, and a friend of mine has gotten hold of a system that has linux installed, he wants linux gone and windows 98 installed, what is the easiest way to remove linux and LILO so the HDD is usable for win98?

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    • June 23, 2000 at 3:03 am #3783669

      how do I uninstall Linux

      by tom.stacy · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to how do I uninstall Linux

      You need to fdisk the master boot record by typing fdisk /mbr. Next fdisk and format the c: drive. You will then be able to install Windows 98.

    • June 23, 2000 at 3:43 pm #3784235

      how do I uninstall Linux

      by steve cody · about 23 years, 3 months ago

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      You cannot remove the linux partitions with a dos FDISK. You must boot up with the Linux installation disk and from within the installation, go into fdisk and remove the partitions. There is a command in the linux fdisk to create a new, empty DOS partition table. Use that command. Write the changes to the disk, then reboot. Then, you’ll need to do a dos FDISK /MBR. Then you can install Win9x, NT, etc…

      Steve

    • June 28, 2000 at 4:45 am #3783496

      how do I uninstall Linux

      by m42 · about 23 years, 3 months ago

      In reply to how do I uninstall Linux

      The safest method is:

      boot linux, run /sbin/lilo -u

      then run fdisk and remove Linux partitions

      Then boot Win99

      run win98’s fdisk and create Win partitions
      then you’re ready to install the “beast”

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