How to remove SuSE 9.2?

[Randal1]

I have a dual boot system with Windows XP and SuSE 9.2 and I would like to remove SuSE since I'm running out of space. Will this operation affect my Windows installation (would it require formatting the hard drive or something)? I don't have any experience on these things at all, so help would be appreciated.

[oz]

To remove Linux, you'll need to delete the Linux partitions, and remove GRUB from the MBR.

To remove GRUB... boot with a Windows emergency boot disk and run: fdisk /mbr

...or

Boot with the Windows XP installation CD and from the recovery console type: fixmbr

Doing either one should rewrite the MBR allowing you to reboot directly into Windows.

If neither of those options are available to you, try using SuperGrub:

Super Grub Disk Webpage: Download

It's a good tool for working with Linux, or Windows boot issues.

For working with or deleting partitions, I recommend the Parted Magic LiveCD:

Parted Magic

It's a small download/burn, it's easy to use, and there is very good documentation on their website.

Let us know how it goes.

[Randal1]

And none of this will affect my Windows installation or anything, right? Like having to reinstall Windows or something similar, I read about that somewhere.

[oz]

None of it should touch your Windows installation unless you tell it to do so.