The recommended procedure is to use the fdisk in Linux to delete the
partitions, write the changes to disk, and reboot. If you have LILO
installed, boot with a dos disk and issue fdisk/mbr. This removes LILO for
the master boot record. Then install your os of choice.
Bruce Embrey
At 10:34 PM 4/8/00 +1000, you wrote:
>I had the same problem just today, Luckily for me the disk was a SCSI
>disk, so I just performed a low level format and it was ok again.
>
>I suppose another option would be to remove the partition under linux
>fdisk rather than DOS fdisk.
>
>That should work.
>
>
>Darryl
>
>
>
>\At 05:55 PM 09-04-00, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>Yeah I had this problem before. Not being able to Delete Linux partitions with
>fdisk. Here is how I reinstalled NT WK 4.0 over Linux :-
>
>Fdisk will not delete your Linux partition (they still haven't bothered fixing
>it yet)
>
>You need to use NT installation partition utility to delete Linux partitions
>
>You place the NT Boottable CD in your CDROM then run the NT WK installation
>utitlty this should prompt you for hd then it should prompt you for NTFS
>partioning . At this stage you should be able to delete all your partitions
>created in LInux that Fdisk cannot delete
>
>Then you must run Fdisk again and restore your "Master Boot Recrod" otherwise
>known as your MBR. Type in the following command in dos prompt "fdisk
>/mbr" now
>you can install Windows NT WK 4.0 or Windows 95.
>
>Looking forward to your feedback.
>
>dannyh
>
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>On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, Rajagopal Subash wrote:
> > Dear All:
> > I have a HDD in which I used Linux days back. Now, would like to use
> it for
> > Win9X where I could not create/ delete the existing Linux partition and
> > create a new one( FAT 16/FAT32). I removed the partition using Win NT but
> > still when I try boot with Win 9X boot floppy it shows as if the partitions
> > were not deleted. When I try to delete them under Win 9X, it says Logical
> > partition exists. When try to view logical partitions, there is logical
> > partitions exists.When I run fdisk I could see one primary and one extended
> > but can not see any logical. What tool do I use to delete Linux partitions
> > if wanted to use the HDD for Win 9X. Any advise welcome.
> > Subash
> >
> >
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