Man, that's slow mail.... is a postman driving around in a truck delivering this? Received 4/13/00, 11:25 Bill Ward -----Original Message----- From: Ward William E PHDN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 9:34 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Could not delete partition created by Linux using Win9X/Win N T One alternative to this is that he could also go to the web site for the drive manufacturer. I know that Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate all have "Drive Diagnostics" tools. Download the appropriate one, and run the complete battery of tests on the drive. The Write tests are always destructive (they have to be) and give you back a nice slick drive. Added bonus: You've also just tested the drive as thoroughly as possible for any errors or problems, and you've just "reset" the drive (the equivalent of low level reformatting) after finishing these tests. That should add to the drives lifespan. In all probability, he's using an older, 2-3 year old HD, so these tests can be a big help. And the added bonus of slicking the drive means that he shouldn't have any problems at that point getting it ready for whatever operating system/file format he wants to put on it. Bill Ward -----Original Message----- From: Danny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 3:55 AM To: Rajagopal Subash; Rajagopal Subash; Red Hat Subject: Re: Could not delete partition created by Linux using Win9X/Win NT 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
