Man of Honour
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- 12 Jul 2005
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- Aberlour, NE Scotland
Hi guys, i just built a little pc to use for internet, word processing etc and decided to give Linux a go. Big mistake. I downloaded Fedora 6 and burnt the iso to dvd then installed it on the new pc. Install went fine and have been using it for a couple of weeks. However, i absolutely hate it, and on top of that i booted up yesterday and the poxy password does'nt work anymore. Linux is not for me.
So i change the boot order so the the dvdrw is the first boot device and stick in a brand new, unused version of XP Pro and reboot with the intention of formatting the drive and sticking Windows on it. Booted from cd and got to the bit where it says "windows is scanning your hardware" or similar. Anyway that's as far as it get's. Take out that cd and put in my old copy of XP Home. Same story. It seems like Fedora is stopping it from going any further.
So i take out the hdd and connect it up to my main pc so that i can format it. 160gb hdd shows up as 148gb. Strange i thought. Anyway i formatted it to NTFS and stuck it back into it's proper pc. Boots up again and bloody Fedora loads. What the hell is going on? How can i get rid of Linux so that i can install windows. Fedora's website is useless and gives no answers to this problem.
Pc spec is:-
A64 3200+,
1GB Crucial pc3200,
Foxconn 6150K8MD-8KRS Socket 939 ONBOARD 6150 GFX / PCI-E x16 / TV OUT / Gb LAN / DUAL CH DDR / SATA RAID / mATX MOTHERBOARD,
Onboard 6150 graphics,
Samsung Spinpoint 160gb Sata 2 hdd,
Samsung 18x dvdrw.
Any suggestions shall be much appreciated otherwise i will have to buy another new hdd.
Cheers guys.
So i change the boot order so the the dvdrw is the first boot device and stick in a brand new, unused version of XP Pro and reboot with the intention of formatting the drive and sticking Windows on it. Booted from cd and got to the bit where it says "windows is scanning your hardware" or similar. Anyway that's as far as it get's. Take out that cd and put in my old copy of XP Home. Same story. It seems like Fedora is stopping it from going any further.
So i take out the hdd and connect it up to my main pc so that i can format it. 160gb hdd shows up as 148gb. Strange i thought. Anyway i formatted it to NTFS and stuck it back into it's proper pc. Boots up again and bloody Fedora loads. What the hell is going on? How can i get rid of Linux so that i can install windows. Fedora's website is useless and gives no answers to this problem.
Pc spec is:-
A64 3200+,
1GB Crucial pc3200,
Foxconn 6150K8MD-8KRS Socket 939 ONBOARD 6150 GFX / PCI-E x16 / TV OUT / Gb LAN / DUAL CH DDR / SATA RAID / mATX MOTHERBOARD,
Onboard 6150 graphics,
Samsung Spinpoint 160gb Sata 2 hdd,
Samsung 18x dvdrw.
Any suggestions shall be much appreciated otherwise i will have to buy another new hdd.
Cheers guys.
