a little annoyance with partitioning


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the description of the topic might be a bit misleading...but it used to be a linux and windows dual boot system...i stopped using linux because of lots of compatability problems and some things that only windows had..and the fact that windows is easier to configure, etc...anyways, this has been happening for a long time. i just haven't had the time to post or just been too lazy..but now's the time. whenever i partition (resize/move) my drive and it has anything to do with the linux partitions, the grub loader screws up and goes into some sort of command line interface that i have no idea how to work. so every time this happens i just reinstall linux with no packages and reinstall the grub loader. i have considered just completely deleting the two linus partitions (root, swap) but i've been thinking and i dunno if it would render windows to be completely unbootable..basically that's what i want to do, but i just dont know if it would affect my windows installation and if i have to do something to have it back to the nt loader..but it wouldn't have any choices since i would only have the windows installation to boot...any feedback is appreciated...thanks..i won't be here for a week after tomorrow so if there's a reply tonight then i'll be able to reply..if not then i'll be somewhere up north camping around.. thanks

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:blink: sounds like a foil I got myself into.. infact I went one step further and totally toasted a HD :D anyway, I would recommend the complete removal of all partitions then stick one in permenant! I learnt the hard way, and havent done anything to my partition set-up since the day i set this HD up..just too weird sometimes LOL

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is there any way i can keep the two ntfs partitions, one's for windows and the other's for files, and delete just the two linux partitions and revert back to the nt loader? because i have a LOT of data that's important and there is really no way to back it all up...

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The absolute best way to remove Linux and recover the drivespace wiithout disturbing anything else on your Windows system is to follow the procedures you can find here on RedHat's site that detail (in Appendix B).

The Windows fdisk utility is usually very unhappy when it has to deal with a Linux ext partition. Anyhow, once removed, you shoudl be able to use Windows to reclaim that space.

If, depending on how you managed your boot process, your Master Boot Record (MBR) still points to the now removed Linux partitions, you can use the undocumented switch /mbr after a DOS fdisk command (fdisk /mbr) to overwrite your Master Boot Record with a Windows default.

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