moreQtparted questions Remove nix partitions4Win install

11-30-2006	#1 (permalink)
xtract designs Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2	moreQtparted questions Remove nix partitions4Win install ( Real question abt Knoppix is below here is just a brief on my situation) Ok so my problem started when I installed Fedora (6) on my system that I just built. Everything went alright for the install but I encountered a problem when my video card (Geforce 8800GTX) wasnt recognized so I got a black screen when trying to run the gui... soOoo.. since i need to be able to use this system ASAP for school I figured Id just install windows BUT when I pop in my xp cd it says "Checking Hardware..." and then hangs on a black screen right after. I know this is not related to the problem with Fedora but rather the linux partitions and Grub boot loader as suggested here (http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ck-please.html) (KNOPPIX QUESTION) So as suggested in the last reply by "Vitalka" in the post listed above, I think I need to QUOTE=vitalka]I got rid off Linux partitions using Knoppix and afte that Windows CD booted up. No lose here, I was going to reinstall FC4 after I install windows in the first place. [/QUOTE] ****SO HOW do I go about doing that?? just wanted a quick rundown on what I need to do/How I need to partition my drive so that I can get windows up and running ( will have to mess linux at a later date when I have time ) Qtparted seems pretty straight forward but i dont wanna fu# anything up and I want to make sure I do it right so I can get this machine running.. ANY HELP is greatly appreciated THANKS!

11-30-2006	#2 (permalink)
xxqq Linux Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 114	Clean/re-format your hard drive using Paragon, Acronis or other disk manager. Use Windows XP recovery console to fix boot record and mbr (main boot record). http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 Next time install fedora using text mode. After everything is OK, install Nvidia driver for X-Windows.

11-30-2006

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*****SO HOW do I go about doing that?? just wanted a quick rundown on what I need to do/How I need to partition my drive so that I can get windows up and running ( will have to mess linux at a later date when I have time ) Qtparted seems pretty straight forward but i dont wanna fu#* anything up and I want to make sure I do it right so I can get this machine running..

boot up from Fedora installation CD/DVD and execute this code at boot: prompt

Code:

linux rescue
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=521 count=1

this code will wipe out partition table and GRUB...... Windows installation CD will work after executing this code.

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