My laptop currently has a linux/windows partition but since I don't like linux much at all these days and I want to have some more space on my windows partition I want to give some linux disk space to windows. There is PartitionMagic and Acronis out there, but I don't know which one to use. I never did this before so I'm a little afraid to screw things up. Can anybody tell me which one of those options is the best suited one for a newbie? Or propose some other solution of course.
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Back up as much as you can on some form of removable or external media before doing any disk partition work.
Never used Partition Magic before. Can it resize partitions? If not, get a program that can, even booting a Linux Live CD to use GParted or QTParted will work.
Then you may have to FIXMBR from Windows Recovery Console to get rid of the bootloader.
I don't know if there is an easier way to 'uninstall' Linux.
Originally posted by adam warlockWhich version of Windows is it?
My laptop currently has a linux/windows partition but since I don't like linux much at all these days and I want to have some more space on my windows partition I want to give some linux disk space to windows. There is PartitionMagic and Acronis out there, but I don't know which one to use. I never did this before so I'm a little afraid to screw things ...[text shortened]... those options is the best suited one for a newbie? Or propose some other solution of course.
Originally posted by CrowleyGulp!, that seems way too hard for me. If I can't find an easier method I'll try this one.
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[b]Back up as much as you can on some form of removable or external media before doing any disk partition work.
Never used Partition Magic before. Can it resize partitions? If not, get a program that can, even booting a Linux Live CD to use GParted or QTParted will work.
Then you may have to FIXMBR from Windows Recovery Console to get rid of the bootloader.
I don't know if there is an easier way to 'uninstall' Linux.[/b]
Originally posted by adam warlockI don't think there's a 'Wonderful Magically Fix Up My PC' tool, you will need to get your hands kinda dirty here...
Gulp!, that seems way too hard for me. If I can't find an easier method I'll try this one.
Read up about it, there's lots of information about partitioning etc. on the web. You'll feel less nervous about it after you do.
Originally posted by adam warlockThis is exactly why I haven't tried Linux yet... I'm not too unhappy with Windows and I don't want to end up with a partitioned disk because of some marginal benefits.
My laptop currently has a linux/windows partition but since I don't like linux much at all these days and I want to have some more space on my windows partition I want to give some linux disk space to windows. There is PartitionMagic and Acronis out there, but I don't know which one to use. I never did this before so I'm a little afraid to screw things ...[text shortened]... those options is the best suited one for a newbie? Or propose some other solution of course.
If you find out an easy way to 'de-partition' it, let me know.
Originally posted by Palynkathis is why the Live CDs are so cool. Many Linux distros run straight off the CD now, so you can download the ISO, burn it and try it out as fast as you can download a couple hundred megabytes...
This is exactly why I haven't tried Linux yet... I'm not too unhappy with Windows and I don't want to end up with a partitioned disk because of some marginal benefits.
If you find out an easy way to 'de-partition' it, let me know.
Taking Linux off isn't really a big deal. I'm no expert, I did this a while ago and there is possibly some new tools I don't know about, but it was pretty easy.
- Boot Linux LiveCD, run Gparted or QTParted from the menu. Some Windows tools could do the same thing, I don't know. Even the Disk Management console can repartition, but I don't think you can resize partitions with it...
- Delete Linux partitions and resize Windows partition, or do whatever you like, even create a new FAT32 or NTFS partition.
- Boot Windows CD, go into Recovery Console, run FIXMBR to overwrite the Linux bootloader.