cant uninstall/ duel boot linux/windows

johntheripper2008 · Post by **johntheripper2008** » 25 Nov 2007, 06:49

hey guys iv tried to duel boot Linux and windows at the same time by installing linux first and found i couldnt install windows.
so i looked on the net and found out that i cant install windows after linux.
so i tryed to uninstall linux and it wount let me, iv even tryed to reformat my hard drive and cant do that eather.
any suggestions?

Post by **ayu** » 25 Nov 2007, 07:03

Well pop in the Windows CD and start the installation, then when you get to the partition screen, simply remove the partitions, then create a new one and tell it to do a format with NTFS.

johntheripper2008 · Post by **johntheripper2008** » 25 Nov 2007, 07:12

thats the thing, the computer dont display anything, i try 2 boot from disk the the screen goes black and thats it.

Post by **bad_brain** » 25 Nov 2007, 08:11

tried to boot a Linux live distro already? chech the downloads for "ultimate bootdisk"...

johntheripper2008 · Post by **johntheripper2008** » 25 Nov 2007, 09:54

nope that didnt work

Post by **Big-E** » 25 Nov 2007, 12:38

Do the following to troubleshoot your issues:

1. Try the Windows disk on another computer to ensure that it works.

2. If the disk works, go into your bios and ensure that your computer boots from cd-rom before hard disk.

3. If you can boot into Linux (and not have already ruined the install, by trying to install windows) boot it up, and put in a disc to ensure that your cd-rom drive is infact working.

4. If all of that works, try rebooting the computer with the Windows disc. It should then take you through the normal process of installing windows, simply delete the partitions you had created for Linux (most likely a ext3/swap partition) and then format (a portion or whole depending on if you plan on installing Linux again) the disk into ntfs, and install windows.

That should work..because a linux install can't destroy your BIOS setup as far as I know of.

johntheripper2008 · Post by **johntheripper2008** » 26 Nov 2007, 14:34

nope vthat didnt work eather