On Monday 22 May 2006 01:18 pm, John Rye wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2006 10:35:49 -0700 > > "SigSolutions, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll be a little more succinct .. > > > > 1) load mandriva > > > > 2) boot mandriva > > > > 3) HARD disk spins and spins and spins .. (during this time you can do > > things but the disc spins and spins and spins .. ) > > > > I had expected problems with the wireless myself and there are lots of > > posts about it and can be worked through .. The HD problem could > > probably be worked through with enough work. > > > > I just didn't have time to tweak a lot of bits .. you will note that > > my original post, and even those after (except for the type bit) did > > not and does not put down Linux or Mandriva. (well probably the > > 'world works on .. ') > > > > I asked a question on how to uninstall mandriva .. seemed pretty > > simple to me .. but there you go > > > > thanks > > > > On 5/22/06, Eric Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 22 May 2006 11:59, SigSolutions, Inc. wrote: > > > > Load mandriva and the disk spins and spins and spins .. the wireless > > > > > > This line must be inaccurate or misleading. If it just spins and spins > > > how do you know the wireless doesn't work? It must have stopped > > > spinning at some point and installed Mandriva. Right? > > > > > > Wireless stuff can be a problem. The problem is simply that the > > > manufacturers don't create drivers for linux. You can try Ndiswrapper > > > as an alternative. If you've been using Windows for awhile drivers were > > > a problem for windows hardware also. They have whole websites just to > > > help users find drivers. > > > > > > Although I haven't had problems with XP I did have problems with > > > hardware with earlier versions of windows even though the docs said it > > > was supposed to work. > > Ok, stepping in very late here, at no point have you told us which > version of Mandriva you installed, you've told us neither your > hardware configuration nor where you obtained the installation media. > > However. I think you also want to recover the hard disk space which was > assigned to Linux by the install, am I correct? > > There are _at least_ 3 methods to do this. > > Method 1: Obtain Partition Magic or some similar hard disk partition > manager. Use that utility to remove the Linux partitions and then > resize your Windows to take up the entire disk space. > > Method 2: Using the partition manager above change all the linux > assigned partitions to NTFS or what ever, and format them. This may > give you a number of different drives: EG "D" "E" "F" etc AND shift and > CDroms you have as well. > > Method 3: Backup all data files from XP and reinstall > > John > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________ Or if you have no windows installed on the laptop and want to put it back, just do a clean install of windows and reformat the drive with the windows xp install or is it setup. HTH
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