Partition Problem!

[da_silvy]

I have a computer with linux installed.

I wish to remove the linux partition and now install Windows.

Using the FDISK utility, I attempted to remove the Extended Dos partition, but it says that I cannot delete extended dos partition while logical dirves exist.

Then if I try to delete a logical drive in the extended dos partition (another menu item), it says that there are no Logical drives defined!

Could someone please tell me how i can rid myself of this partition

[blackeyed]

Your problem is that you are trying to use the fdisk tool that only understand the dos partitions and not the non-dos partitions. Thats why it is showing the message: there are no Logical drives defined!


Solution: If you are going to install Windows NT or any Windows NT based operating system (Windows 2000) then it will by itself ask you to delete the partition during the setup. So dont take any pain further.

Otherwise you must use the linux boot disk itself to first delete all the partitions that are non-dos or the linux partitions.

[da_silvy]

it won't allow me to continue the setup if i don't have a root partition

[alex_read]

The problem exists with the file system. The win98 boot disk with the FDisk utility uses FAT32 to read the drive & look up partitions.

This means if the drive has other file system partitions such as the linux version or NT's NTFS system, the FDisk utility can't "read" these partitions.

With Linux, the cd's I've had in the past bring up a utility to format the drive/partitions & set the file system during the setup. If your version does, try running the install program for linux again & formatting the drive during the setup...

[da_silvy]

Thanks, I sorted it all out anyway but it took me a while D: