[Tfug] windows to linux

[Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com]

It's XP, so I ran mmc or some such equivalent?

think it was...  mmcmgmt.msc ?

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Liz, Data Base Architect/Developer,
Methods Engineering





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If I remember correctly , Fdisk should let you delete all the partitions. 
Alternatively you could use one of the manufacturer's utilities. Do you 
know what brand the drive is?
 

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I couldn't delete c: 
Is it supposed to let me? 

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You may want to delete ALL the existing partitions and let the install set 
them up. 
 

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It's good advice, but I'm so flippin frustrated with windows and the slow 
strange behavior of the laptop I'm willing to throw the whole machine away 
if this doesn't work. 
Thanks Claude. 

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On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 09:44:18AM -0700, Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com 
wrote:
> I've decided to wipe out my windows on my home laptop and install
> linux, but naievely thought I could just boot from the install
> disks.

Liz,

I would strongly recommend that you not simply wipe out your Windows
install and, instead, run from a live cd, set up a dual-boot system,
or run from within a virtual machine.  Once you're comfortable with
the new system, then you can complete your migration.

Claude

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