Re: Removing mandrake from my disk.
From: Walter Mautner (new.10.eatallspam_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 09/18/03
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:55:42 +0200
Taylor wrote:
> I installed Mandrake three months ago because I found it for
> free in a magazine. I have it as dual-boot with win xp. Turns
> out that most of my system doesn't work with it (modem, sound
> card, mouse) so it's pretty much useless for me. I tried to
> solve the problems in group and IRC, but I only got more
> confusion and no problems were solved. I don't have broadband to
I guess you got a "stripped-down" one-disc version of Mandrake 7.x or
8.x, not comparable to the current 9.1 (and soon to come 9.2) series.
> download gigs of programs and I don't want to spend time and
> money on another os that might not work. Problem is, I can't
> remember how I installed it in the first place,
>
Understandable. If your cd does include the standard mandrake
installer, you can press F1 when asked, type "rescue" and then chose
"reinstall windows bootloader". Afterwards, you will have to use
harddisc manager (NT,2K,XP) to remove and recreate the "unknown"
partitions leftover. Clear them all, and then make a single one from
the free space. Don't forget to format.
With 9x you might want to boot into DOS (F8 on start), type fdisk
and then "3" (remove partition) after you are sure to have selected
the correct drive. Chose "remove non-dos partition" one by one.
Reboot, format (best in dos again) the free space.
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