How can i reformat a linux hard drive so i can install window98 for a friend who does not want a linux os on his machine. thanks, iwo HotBot - Search smarter. http://www.hotbot.com
How can i reformat a linux hard drive so i can install window98 for a friend who does not want a linux os on his machine.
thanks,
iwo
Use fdisk to remove the linux partitions. You should then be able to do a clean install of Win98 on the HD. It will format the disk for fat32 for you. M
MS products are only too happy to try to make a hard disk unusable to other Operating Systems. Reformat the disk with Windows98. On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, yuj jonah wrote:
How can i reformat a linux hard drive so i can install window98 for a friend who does not want a linux os on his machine.
thanks,
iwo
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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, yuj jonah wrote:
How can i reformat a linux hard drive so i can install window98 for a friend who does not want a linux os on his machine.
You may need use the DOS command "fdisk -mbr" (you have to get this info in a linux manual since MS doesn't document this feature) to kill off lilo so windows can boot. after that, you can use M$'s version of fdisk and format to get the thing to work -- no problem. Later, Matt.
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