Help with un installing Fedora

Yoonsi · 01-18-2007, 03:02 AM

I have fedora core6 installed on a hard drive on a different computer, i need help with un installing it help with replacing it with windows XP. When i try and boot up with windows XP cd the screen says "setup is inspecting your computers hardware configuration". then the screen goes blank
Any advice?
Many thanks
- Yoonsi

PC eye · 01-18-2007, 03:27 AM

Gnome Partition Editor is the name of a free Linux partitioning tool that can create Vfat, Fat32, NTFS, and other types of partitions as well as removing them. You will need something like BurnOn or another cd burning program that is able to write iso images to bootable cd-rs. GParted Live for cd can be found at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

BurnOn's free version with the ads works quite well and is found at http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/ After you use it several times you will probably end up running the "sfc /scannow" command at the Run prompt having the XP installation disk in the drive since it will suddenly fail to run. Other then that the burns have been reliable here for the application and burn of the GParted iso to disk. I should know since I've run different Linux distros on the second drive here like Core 4, Knoppix, Zenwalk, Mandriva, and one attempt to get ubuntu going at one time.

Yoonsi · 01-18-2007, 05:54 AM

Linux seems pretty cool visually, but I can't see why anyone would use it. Seems pretty out of it to me. But I don't really understand how it works

PC eye · 01-18-2007, 08:39 AM

I was asked once: "Why would you even consider using that outdated OS?"! But it is an open source OS where things change once in awhile. Or so they say anyways.

It's still UNIX no matter how you look at it I suppose.

alexandergre · 01-20-2007, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoonsi

Linux seems pretty cool visually, but I can't see why anyone would use it. Seems pretty out of it to me. But I don't really understand how it works

me too, can anyone tell why should i use linux?
you cant install the windows app on it so no programs.
you cant play. than what?
is it good just for server? and nothing else?

PC eye · 01-21-2007, 12:59 AM

Linux at first sight is "very limited" and not the easiest OS to run. This is why there have been some more recent strives into distros like PCLinux, ReactOS, FreeDos, and others to form some type of bridge between the two platforms. There are Windows based programs that will run on some if not all distros with Linux utilities like WINE.

The main problem there is the lack of the ability of the XP installer to see and delete the current fedora partitions assuming a swap was created along with the root partition. But one execellent tool that Linux creators left lying that's free is the GPE. Some of the newer releases have made things a little easier for Windows users to get hooked on that OS however. Many of the live for cd distros include easier to use installers.

01-18-2007, 03:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Yoonsi Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 243	Help with un installing Fedora I have fedora core6 installed on a hard drive on a different computer, i need help with un installing it help with replacing it with windows XP. When i try and boot up with windows XP cd the screen says "setup is inspecting your computers hardware configuration". then the screen goes blank Any advice? Many thanks - Yoonsi

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01-18-2007, 03:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	Gnome Partition Editor is the name of a free Linux partitioning tool that can create Vfat, Fat32, NTFS, and other types of partitions as well as removing them. You will need something like BurnOn or another cd burning program that is able to write iso images to bootable cd-rs. GParted Live for cd can be found at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php BurnOn's free version with the ads works quite well and is found at http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/ After you use it several times you will probably end up running the "sfc /scannow" command at the Run prompt having the XP installation disk in the drive since it will suddenly fail to run. Other then that the burns have been reliable here for the application and burn of the GParted iso to disk. I should know since I've run different Linux distros on the second drive here like Core 4, Knoppix, Zenwalk, Mandriva, and one attempt to get ubuntu going at one time.

01-18-2007, 05:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Yoonsi Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 243	Linux seems pretty cool visually, but I can't see why anyone would use it. Seems pretty out of it to me. But I don't really understand how it works

01-18-2007, 08:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	I was asked once: "Why would you even consider using that outdated OS?"! But it is an open source OS where things change once in awhile. Or so they say anyways. It's still UNIX no matter how you look at it I suppose.

01-21-2007, 12:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	Linux at first sight is "very limited" and not the easiest OS to run. This is why there have been some more recent strives into distros like PCLinux, ReactOS, FreeDos, and others to form some type of bridge between the two platforms. There are Windows based programs that will run on some if not all distros with Linux utilities like WINE. The main problem there is the lack of the ability of the XP installer to see and delete the current fedora partitions assuming a swap was created along with the root partition. But one execellent tool that Linux creators left lying that's free is the GPE. Some of the newer releases have made things a little easier for Windows users to get hooked on that OS however. Many of the live for cd distros include easier to use installers.