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I've been a Linux user for about 6 months, but I want to go back to Windows on my laptop. When put the Windows CD in, it doesn't seem to ...
- 08-15-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Delete all partitions, back to Windows.
I've been a Linux user for about 6 months, but I want to go back to Windows on my laptop. When put the Windows CD in, it doesn't seem to find a HD to install upon. It just shows there is no HD. Ive formatted several times, and the only other thing I can think of is that the filesystems aren't being read because it's in ext3. how would I change this?
- 08-15-2009 #2Super Moderator
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Hi and Welcome !
Boot up from LiveCD of any Linux distro, open Terminal and execute this
Above code will wipe your Hard disk. Windows Installation CD will work fine after that.Code:sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 08-15-2009 #3forum.guy
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Welcome to the forums!
The Parted Magic LiveCD is a good one for running the code suggested by Devils Casper:
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Note that you might not need the sudo part of the command.oz
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