[dundee] Re: uninstalling Xandros?

[Tom Stott]

Hi Paul, 

	the simplest way to do this for you, would be to do it all in windows
(as u know it better), boot into xp and install the recovery console
from the cd rom using "d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons" in the run box on
your start menu assuming d is your cd drive, (always a good idea to have
the recovery console, :) ), now when you reboot select the windows xp
option from the xandros boot menu, and then select the recovery console,
might ask you for admin password, use the command "fixmbr", which will
write the default xp boot config back onto the MBR, then just use the
computer management console from admin utills and use the disk manager
to format your linux partition, (i dont know if there is a way to
recombine ntfs partitions -im not that clever!) and this will assign a
drive letter and give you a usuable windows partition, 

now just go thro' the xandros installation wizard when your ready to
install it again on your hdb,

There is prettier ways to do this, but i hope that you will find this
the most straight forward, and easiest solution untill your ready for
linux on your hdb, 

ps - if theres any mistakes in this, its 'cos im watching the football
and were losing (im sure im due a lot of symnpathy mailing this to a
scottich lug )!


Tom

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Kier> "the pro-lity-what-yer-mit-call-it ??? - just kidding, :)




On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 20:50, Paul Mitchell wrote:
> I installed Xandros (thanks Tom ) alongside XP (haaawk, spit!). I like it a
> lot and intend to use it on the net and for e-mail.But, I want to start by
> only having Xandros on a HD which has a single partition. XP won't let me
> uninstall it, until I take Xandros off and return the HD to a single
> partition. (my version of XP is an upgrade laid over 98) How do I uninstall
> Xandros and will it return the HD to a single partition without any
> intervention from me?
> 
> thanks people
> 
> Paul
> 
> ps sorry if I missed anything at the last meeting. I have a couple of topics
> that could be discussed at a future meeting(s) - they may be of interest to
> newbies like myself; will mail these out later for comment. Mark's list of
> topics looks mighty interesting; pleased to see a slot for Open Source
> politics - that interests me a lot.
> 
> 
> 
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