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Hello. I am From Armenia and i have a different situation.
I have insstalled Windows XP and in second partitioning Linux(Mandriva 6.0) I have not a Desktop envirenment support in it. Now I want to uninsstall Linux, and I do not want loose any information in Windows part.
My hard disc C fully belong Windows and part Hard disc E too. Linux use only a part hard disc E.
Please give me any suggestion how uninstall Linux. I do not have any Linux OS disc.
Thanks
Inga,
The first thing you will want to do is uninstall GRUB or LILO (depending on your distro.) The easiest way to do this is to use your Windows XP CD and enter the Recover Console mode. Once you're in the Recovery Console, type FIXBOOT. Be careful here, as it can make a mess of your Master Boot Record if you're not careful.
Once you've removed GRUB/LILO, you can simply reformat the partition in Windows to NTFS or FAT32 using the Disk Manager in your System Management console.
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I can answer questions pertaining to most Linux daemons, Apache, Sendmail, SpamAssassin, vsftpd, Asterisk and others. I do not deal with Qmail, Postfix, or other MTAs, and have a median range of experience with Procmail. I am very in depth with Samba and Linux/Windows integration and Asterisk based PBX systems. I also have considerable experience in both PHP and MySQL (installation, administration, and programming of both) I am also considerably familiar with kernel systems, and networking stacks. In late 2006 and early 2007, I began dabbling in virtualization with Xen. I am now using KVM to successfully migrate my company's infrastructure and improve our carbon footprint.
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I've been working primarily with Linux since 1994. I have worked with various different flavors, starting with Slackware in High School, and moving to RedHat during my senior year. Deciding that my experience probably outweighs most of the RedHat support people, I decided to go with the Fedora branch when RedHat decided to close RHEL and release Fedora Core.
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Though I have no official education in Linux, I have spent approximately 16 years administrating Linux and continuing to widen my knowledge.
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