On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 25, 11:38 am, Christopher Stamper > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM, [email protected] < > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > HP laptop with two 60gig drives, WinXp on one drive, Kubuntu 7.10 on > > > second drive. > > > > > Wife "inherited" the laptop and wants to reclaim the second drive as a > > > WinXP storage for photos. Reinstalling WinXP did not work because Win > > > installer cannot see the hdo Kubuntu drive so cannot reformat it. > > > > In XP: ControlPanel->Administrative Tools->Computer > Managment->Storage/Disk > > Management. Find the drive, and reformat it. > > > > Or, boot from ubuntu live CD and use gparted to reformat disk to FAT. > > > > If you need more help, just ask. > > > > -- > > Christopher Stamper > > Before I really screw up the computer, does reformatting the disk also > remove Grub? >
Depends on the disk order, basically. If Grub is installed on it, yeah I think it would really mess things up. Could you unplug the disk and try booting? Maybe someone can suggest a way to tell where GRUB(stage1) is installed... -- Christopher Stamper Email: [email protected] Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r Skype: cdstamper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
