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08-12-2009, 10:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
claudia Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5	how to remove suse and not disturb windows? hi...well i have installed linux(suse) on my laptop with a 50gb partition...now i want to remove suse n reclaim that drive so i can use it for windows(vista home basic)...but the thing is that once linux is removed...windows won't boot...so can u please help n tell me what to do...

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Re: how to remove suse and not disturb windows?

Moved to the open source forum for you. While it is a laptop the Guru's of open source will be better served to answer your question.

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08-12-2009, 11:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
kmote Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Posts: 2,159	Re: how to remove suse and not disturb windows? Just installing vista over that partition should work fine. __________________ MSI P43 Neo\|Enermax Pro82+ 425W\|E5200\|silent 8500GT\|250GB Samsung spinpoint F1\|Samsung SATA DVD RW\|4GB Corsair\|Antec SOLO\|openSUSE11 There are in order of increasing severity: lies, darn lies, statistics, and computer benchmarks. - diskinfo man page

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Re: how to remove suse and not disturb windows?

It sounds like Vista is already installed. If so just use the steps listed in this link:

Recovering the Vista Bootloader from the DVD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

to recover the Vista Boot Loader.

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08-14-2009, 01:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
claudia Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5	Re: how to remove suse and not disturb windows? i don't have the vista dvd

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