Having problem doing a fresh install of xp

[murphy]

Currently my pc is having a dualboot between xp and
linux. When I try doing a fresh install of xp, during the
setup I was given 3 option

1) Setup windows xp on selected item, press enter.
2)Create partition in the unpartition space, press C.
3)Delete selected partition, press D.

And also the following:

C: partition 1 NTFS 17469mb
E: partition 2 unknown 102mb
partition 3 unknown 11304mb
partition 4 unknown 447mb

And when I choose D to delete selected partition, I was
only given the option to delete partition 1 which is xp,
it seems as though I was not given the option to delete
linux as well, so how am I going to do a fresh install,
making sure everything is remove?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

To delete the Linux partitions you will need to use the Linux pdisk utility.
Boot with the Linux disk or floppy and use it to remove the unwanted ext2/3
and swap partitions.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Donald McDaniel]

Currently my pc is having a dualboot between xp and
linux. When I try doing a fresh install of xp, during the
setup I was given 3 option

1) Setup windows xp on selected item, press enter.
2)Create partition in the unpartition space, press C.
3)Delete selected partition, press D.

And also the following:

C: partition 1 NTFS 17469mb
E: partition 2 unknown 102mb
partition 3 unknown 11304mb
partition 4 unknown 447mb

And when I choose D to delete selected partition, I was
only given the option to delete partition 1 which is xp,
it seems as though I was not given the option to delete
linux as well, so how am I going to do a fresh install,
making sure everything is remove?

Did you use your cursor keys to select a partition, then choose "D" to
delete it?

Donald L McDaniel
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