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Re: Netbook - Partitions and Dual Booting

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In news:minimurph232.4yewfb@no.email.invalid,
minimurph232 wrote:
> Hey,
>
> So I have a netbook, and a while back I decided to put linux on it to
> try it out, see what it was like. The internet function on it decided
> to hate me and not work, plus I don't like not being able to use
> windows apps so I want to get rid of it.
>
> Right now it has linux (with a bunch of options) and windows 7
> starter, which I want to take up all the space (I also don't have a
> disc for this - is that going to be an issue?). Is there a way I can
> do this? Also, my knowledge of this is not to great yet, so if you
> could avoid using to much technical words that would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> murph

Well as long as you have both right now, you are safe without a disc. 
The trick now is replacing the grub loader with the original Windows 7 
one. EasyBCD (free) should be able to handle it under Windows 7.

Once the computer can't see Linux anymore it is very easy to delete 
Linux (partition) and expand the Windows partition to get the space 
back. There are free partition managers like Easeus and Paragon (they 
have paid versions too, so be careful) that will get the job done too.

One mistake and nothing will boot. So making a reliable backup would be 
a good idea.

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 

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Netbook - Partitions and Dual Booting minimurph232 <minimurph232.4yewfb@no.email.invalid> - 2011-08-11 13:06 -0500
  Re: Netbook - Partitions and Dual Booting "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-08-13 14:56 -0500
  Re: Netbook - Partitions and Dual Booting AJL <2579843445nomail@none.com> - 2011-08-13 15:09 -0700

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