I recently had to do this myself in order to cleanly reinstall Linux. After several frustrating attempts to use DOS's FDISD, I went to www.fdisk.com to download their freebie version which works with MD as well as MS.
M > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Richard Smith > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 3:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Removing mandrake 8.2 ... > > > > >>You can't use fdisk to get rid of Linux partitions, though. That will > >>have to be with one of the commercial utilities if you want to > do it from > >>Windows. I think, though, that I got rid of a linux partition > in the past > >>by using a linux boot disk and using the linux fdisk utility to do it. > >> > >> > > > >using the install from the cd could do this as well. > > > > > Sometimes you can get rid of ext2 partitions with either the dos fdisk > or w2k, but > it's not easy and depends upon whether you had a single /root > partition,or multiple linux partitions, and whether you have any other > partitions of the fat32/nt type after those linux partitons. I don't > recommend it unless you know what you are doing. Basically , these > partiton utilities do not asign drive letters to linux partitions and > therefore although they are there and the utilities knows they are > there, they do not allow you to delete then straight. You have to remove > all those partitions that come after the linux partition, then and only > then, windblows > partitons tools will recover the lost space, you then remake the whole > of the remaining drive as one partition assign it a drive letter and > format it, you can then remove it all and remake to your final desired > configuration. I've done this many times before I bought PM. I do not > recommend you do it. > > You want Partition Magic. It's the best , and can do this without > destroying data on other partitons . > > If you don't have PM, your are really left with the partition tools on > your mandrake > install disc.You will have to run CD1 again, trundle through the > unwanted preliminaries until you get to the partition tools , it can > delete anything, I think you can remake the partitions if you still want > them and format in vfat(fats32) ,is that true, I'm not sure, possibly > not, I have never done that, so probably not.Perhaps someone could > comment. Anyway once the ext2 partitions are gone, and if you were not > able to format in vfat , you can use the windblows utilities to format > them and assign new drive letters. If you are able to format in mandrake > windows will detect the new vfat partitions on bootup and assign drive > letters automatically. > > John > > >John Richard Smith > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >
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