My technique of choice is:
download the HDD manuf low level format utility
format the MBR and rest of the drive while at it, perform a full check
format in DOS (a few Linux installs have failed with a "virgin" drive)
reinstall OS of choice

A. Contreras
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Richard Smith
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake


Pilag� wrote:

>El Jue 02 Ene 2003 00:17, Steve Mendizabal escribi�:
>
>
>>Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as
>>lilo?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Steve-O
>>
>>
>
>       1. Make a bootable floppy (You will need 'fdisk' in there.)
>       2. Boot from that floppy, and at prompt, type: 'fdisk /mbr' (without
quottes)
>This will remove lilo.
>       3. Then, run 'fdisk' and just delete linux partitions.
>
>       Suerte.
>       Pilag�
>
>
>
Dos fdisk will not even read your linux partitions,
so either,
use linux fdisk, mandrake diskdrake, or Partition Magic V7 or 8 ,
to remove partitions,
then use windblows bootdisk to remove lilo.

John

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