re: removing linux ext3 and swap files from windows
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bob wells
(1590 messages posted)
Read the post again. But first, get past the idea that everyone wants Linux just
because you do.
"I've tried various linux versions which left a host of ext3 and swap files I cannot
remove from windoze 98SE. Does anybody know how to remove those files? I've neen
vainly trying for a month and been all over internet searching Adrian"
Seek first to UNDERSTAND!
On Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 1:05 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>bob wells wrote:
>|Try these instructions from M$.
>|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247804
>|
>"How to Remove Linux and Install Windows on Your Computer"
>8-( Not what was requested.
>
>1) From the OP's description, Windoze has **always** been installed.
>
>2) From the OP's description, all that is desired
> is to recover the space for use by Windoze (as part of C:, it appears).
>
>3) M$ produces crap disk tools; anything they have is DESTRUCTIVE in nature.
> Any instructions from M$ will reflect that.
>3a) The M$ page doesn't say how to fold the space back into an M$ filesystem.
> (It's not possible using M$'s crap tools nor using *any* FDISK.)
>
>4) Any useful disk tools for the Windoze ecosystem are payware.
>
>5) Points 3 and 4 do not include GNU tools (which generally use a Linux kernel);
> GNU tools are quite flexible (supporting dozens of filesystems)
> and are all gratis and libre.
> The term "partition editor" figures prominently here.
>
>...and it's a mystery why most payware products even exist any longer.
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