At 03:24 PM 09/10/2001 +1200, Ivor Westwood wrote: >Hi All > >I have a 17Gb hardrive partitioned into three. C. 2.5Gb, D. 6.55Gb E. >6.55Gb. I had this partitioning done when I was going to install BiOs, but >the computer shop installed Windows in all three partitions. I really >wanted Windows only in the 1st partition. > >Now my question is this. Can I delete D and E and format them with Linux >leaving C with Windows 98 intact.? This would save me a great deal of >installation of Windows programs I have to use, if I deleted the whole drive. You'd be ok, provided no Windows files were installed to D / E. Also, make sure that your swap file, application files (the stuff under Program Files), and any data files are on C. Then it is a simple matter of going into windows fdisk, and removing the windows partitions for D and E. Once you've removed those, then run the Linux install and partition as you want. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida
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