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Linux back to Windows?
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| Pavlov 2001-10-29, 11:04 am |
| Hey Guys!
Any thoughts...
I have a Linux 7.1 box that I need to put back to Win2k Pro. Do you folks know of any "gotcha's" to be looking for?
Has anyone here done this?
I'm planning on a straight 'fdisk' format and boot up with the win2k disc. Anyone know of any reason that won't work???
Thanks. | |
| ccieToBe 2001-10-29, 11:07 am |
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Originally posted by Pavlov
Hey Guys!
Any thoughts...
I have a Linux 7.1 box that I need to put back to Win2k Pro. Do you folks know of any "gotcha's" to be looking for?
Has anyone here done this?
I'm planning on a straight 'fdisk' format and boot up with the win2k disc. Anyone know of any reason that won't work???
Thanks.
It should work, but why the downgrade? | |
| Pavlov 2001-10-29, 2:32 pm |
| Downgrade is because this is a work computer that I was using to introduce myself to Linux. Now we may actually need this computer to go back on our network for a new employee. 
I was playing with the Linux OS to contemplate moving my home machine off of MS OS completely. What are your thoughts? | |
| ccieToBe 2001-10-29, 5:05 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Pavlov
Downgrade is because this is a work computer that I was using to introduce myself to Linux. Now we may actually need this computer to go back on our network for a new employee.
I was playing with the Linux OS to contemplate moving my home machine off of MS OS completely. What are your thoughts?
I think that's a great idea. I've been using FreeBSD as my primary OS for a while now and it works great. Linux would work too, I just prefer the BSDs. I keep a copy of Windows on one of my PCs because I'm hooked on gaming, but that's all I ever use it for anymore.
I suggest dual booting for a while until you get a good feel for Linux. It's capable of doing almost everything that Windows can do (and much more), but it takes most people a while to become competent users. | |
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| MUST check it out!
Not downgraded, I called it integrated..
Think about the less complexity and additional function on open source!
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| TW2001 2001-10-30, 9:34 am |
| The more you use learn Linux...you real see such a waste of time and resources on the Windows platform.Especially as an Admin.
Anyhow if you must.....If Lilo was installed you will need to fdisk /mbr to remove it.Other than that. | |
| Grollo 2001-11-01, 12:33 am |
| I've found in the past that the best program to completely remove Linux partitions and lilo is "gdisk". A handy utility for any toolbox. If you do a search on the web you'll find it. HTH, Grollo. | |
| TW2001 2001-11-01, 10:25 am |
| Ive always used Delpart.Even still Ive always had to fdisk /mbr. | |
| Pavlov 2001-11-01, 7:06 pm |
| Grollo - thanks for the tip. You're right, gdisk is an awsome tool for this purpose. I simply gdisk'd all the Linux drives off the machine and reinitialized the MBR. Booted up with the Win2000 disc and away we went  | |
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| I was trying to help my friend PC with dual boot system!
She have Win98 and Win2000. She remove Win98, but the boot menu still show 2 OS.
I typed fdisk /mbr don't work, since I am missing some critical point on the boot sector..
Can someone help? Please .. | |
| ccieToBe 2001-11-01, 7:24 pm |
| I forget exactly where you do this at and I don't have access to a Win2k box, so I'll just tell you the general area:
Right click on My Computer and select properites. Click on the tab that says something like "Startup and Recovery". You should see some options there to set the options, time out period, etc.
If you really want to have fun, edit the <system partition>:\boot.ini file by hand instead. | |
| Grollo 2001-11-02, 1:40 am |
| Have a look at the boot.ini file. Make sure you know what your doing before you edit it though. |
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