How to uninstall Linux?

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November 30, 2001 at 9:52 pm #2132044

How to uninstall Linux?

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by no1u · about 21 years, 2 months ago

I am relativley new to linux so i would like to know how do i uninstall Linux if i want to go back to using windows? (i have not partitioned my drive it is solely dedicated to linux)

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- November 30, 2001 at 11:13 pm #3569539
  
  How to uninstall Linux?
  
  by cybergod · about 21 years, 2 months ago
  
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  One method is to start your PC from a windows system diskette, and use fdisk to delete the linux partition and create the fat32 partition. Then format and install windows or whatever you want.
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574484
    
    How to uninstall Linux?
    
    by no1u · about 20 years, 11 months ago
    
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- December 5, 2001 at 2:32 am #3545696
  
  How to uninstall Linux?
  
  by shadoglare · about 21 years, 2 months ago
  
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  Side note, you may also have to run fdisk /mbr if your Linux boot loader has installed on the boot partition.
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574485
    
    How to uninstall Linux?
    
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- December 5, 2001 at 7:22 am #3545516
  
  How to uninstall Linux?
  
  by dpalsen · about 21 years, 2 months ago
  
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  I’ve had problems with Windows fdisk recognizing a Linux partition, so you may want to make a linux bootdisk and copy the linux version of fdisk to a separate floppy.
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574486
    
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- December 9, 2001 at 3:22 pm #3548546
  
  How to uninstall Linux?
  
  by key · about 21 years, 2 months ago
  
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  You can “reinstall” the Linux as usual; however, after “re-assigning” (deleting) the directories, such as root, swap, …, do not proceed the installation, just reboot the computer with the windows setup disk!
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574487
    
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- December 13, 2001 at 10:26 am #3548843
  
  How to uninstall Linux?
  
  by eqwatz@customerselects.com · about 21 years, 2 months ago
  
  In reply to How to uninstall Linux?
  
  If you have an older motherboard, you might
  have a problem if you installed SuSe. A
  REAL problem. There is a bios “issue”.
  Dos will not boot from floppy and it will
  ignore any thing but SuSe. I didn’t write
  it down unfortunately, but you have to
  contact SuSe and have them tell you how to
  use their install disk to remove the
  partions and kill it. Then partion majic
  had to be used to re-write the mbr. Normal
  stuff I tried did not work. After all that,
  I up-dated the bios on myAsus p2b mb and
  all is well.
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574488
    
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- March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574483
  
  How to uninstall Linux?
  
  by no1u · about 20 years, 11 months ago
  
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