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["Bill Geschwind" <geschwin AT email.unc.edu>]

What I would do is get a Windows boot disk that has a Win98 or WinME
version of fdisk on it. Boot the computer with that diskette and start
fdisk and use it to remove any existing partitions.  Then, to install
Windows 2000, either boot with the set of diskettes that come with
Windows 2000 or, if your computer supports booting from a CD (which it
most likely does), boot from the Windows 2000 CD. If the win2000 setup
still detects any existing partitions, tell it to remove them. When it
tells you to, create one (or several) new partitions. Windows 2000 gives
you the option of two different file systems - FAT (both 16 and 32 bit)
and NTFS. It Red Hat supports NTFS, it would be way preferable to FAT. 

Unfortunately I'm not quite up to speed with RH (or other Linuxes), so I
can't offer much on that front.

HTH,
Bill


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Bill Geschwind
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Department of Technology and Systems Support 
Division of Student Affairs, University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Chapel Hill, NC 27599 geschwin AT email.unc.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kate
Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:16 PM
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [internetworkers] Wiping an OS off a PC


I am planning to wipe Windows ME off a Dell box I purchased and install
Win 2000.  After that, install RH Linux and begin the dual boot
adventure.

What is the cleanest and most efficient way to wipe a OS off a PC and
ready it for another OS install?  Tips and pointers to info would be
appreciated.

Given my experience with ME, I really want to take the PC into a big
grassy field and shot it, but that does not fall under the "cleanest"
and
"efficient" categories.  "Damn emotionally satisfying" category yes.  

TIA, 
Kate


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