[plug] Newbie needs help

[Steve Grasso]

Hi Greg,

First, back up anything on your Windows partition(s) you can't afford to lose,
then hose Mandrake from the MBR using one of two ways:

1.  The Linux Way - 
dd if=/boot/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda

2.  The Windows (un-documented) Way:
i) boot from a Windows boot disk
ii) fdisk /mbr

Then, you may use FIPS or (I think better) Partition Resizer
(http://members.nbci.com/Zeleps/) to give Windows more room.

HTH,
Steve

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Greg Dunn wrote:
> Hi there,
> I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on a seperate partition in concert with
> Windows 95.
> This is for various reasons that I won't go into now.  I now have a need
> to resize the partitions to give me more space for Windows 95 to
> operate.  The problem is my limited knowledge.  I've tried to uninstall
> mandrake but the uninstall doesn't work.
> Is there an easy way to uninstall mandrake that a newbie can try?? If so
> I will try it. I can always re-install mandrake at a later date.
> I thank you for your help upfront and look forward to someones reply
> 
> Greg Dunn
> Absolute Newbie