Hi!
On 5/9/07, Vince L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 08:28, Clayton wrote:
> > > Use the SuSe DVD and repartition the drive in Windows format. Windows
> > > will then be able to see the drive.
> >
> > Alternatively use windows and repartion the SuSE drive with NTFS.
> > Windows will then be able to use the space that you created where SuSE
> > was residing.
>
> That woks as long as you also rewrite the MBR to remove GRUB. If you
> wipe the partition that has Linux on it without also removing GRUB,
> your computer will not be bootable until you find a way to rebuild the
> MBR (personal experience speaking). GRUB will fail with an error
> about missing partitions, and you won't get as far as the selection
> menu.
>
Boot to windows first, and set the windows partition active. Reboot to show
that it no longer works via GRUB, and repartition as above. I think that
should work.
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Windows installation disk should be able to restore the MBR also. You
did buy a computer that comes with MS installation disks, didn't you?
Not one of those that just has some reastore image or in the worst
case, nothing... (I really hate those!)
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