Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

["Deboo ^" <knowledgeful@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the reply Vibhav,
That worked :-)

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On 2/26/07, Vibhav Sharma <vibhav@drishti-soft.com> wrote:
> Deboo ^ wrote:
> > Hello,
> >        I need to use linux when out of office. Is there a way to
> > remove it once I install Debian on to a PC with Windoze (2000/XP)? It
> > should get removed even from the OS menu. If that is possible, please
> > explain how to go about it.
> >
> are you asking "Is there a way to completely remove a Debian
> installation from a PC?" ?
>
> Atleast that is what I'm able to understand so answering for that. If
> the question is something else, could you clarify.
>
> Anyway, 'yes' you can completely remove a debian installation from a PC.
> (It's heresy to do so though ;))
>
> You'll need to do 2 things
>
> 1. restore the windoze MBR.
>     there might be other ways but this is one of the type of my head for
> the rest google :).
>     use a Windoze install disk to boot into rescue mode and run 'fixmbr'
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true
>
> 2. Delete the Linux partition
>     this I'm supposing you'd know howto as you managed to set up a dual
> boot environment. Just use your favourite tool ..
> "Partitionmagic(windoze)" / "Parted(*nix)".
>     or I might have missed some but again 'Google' for "partitioning
> tools" will get you somewhere.
>
> Hope that helps,
> -Vibhav Sharma
>
>
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