Wiping Out Linux To Leave Windows Only

i have had suse linux for almost 3mos now and i cant figure out how to do anything with it . the guy that told me to put linux on my puter said he would help me and i cant get him out of his house to save my life now . if anybody is willing to spend some 1on1 time with me to help me i would greatly appreciate it . or if someone can just walk me through wiping my hdd clean so i can start over with windows that would be great aswell .
thank you for all of your help

or if someone can just walk me through wiping my hdd clean so i can start over with windows[/b]

Insert your windows disk - boot from the CD.
Select "install" not "recovery"
Follow the on-screen instructions to remove all partitions and create a singe new NTFS partition.
Press "enter" to install windows to the partition.

are you dual booting or do you just have suse on your pc?
if you need any help please post on here, that's what we are all here for! please stay with suse linux, it IS a better and more flexible system to windows, but it takes time to learn things, that's why we have these forums so instead of pulling hair out over finding how to do something, others can help. i urge you to keep it, if not just for a little longer and let people help you with it

however, if you have decided already, then post the answer to my question at the beginning and i'll be happy to do what i can

Linux is not for everyone. If Linux was for everyone, then Microsoft would not have a monopoly in OS, and the Mac would not have so many fanatical and happy users. Most of the people that I know use MS-Windows, and do not use Linux. I also know of more Mac users than I know Linux users.

Eds gives some good advice for removing Linux. You just need to replace the MBR, and reformat the Linux partitions.

Having typed the above, Linux is not difficult to learn. All of the members on this forum use Linux. My 82-year old mother uses Linux. So if we can, ... if my mother can, ... so can you.

Linux IS different from MS-Windows, and hence many times the MS-Windows "way" is not the "linux way". Some basic openSUSE Linux concepts are here:
http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts
Many basic MS-Windows concepts are completely different from Linux concepts, and this drives a fundamentally different way of doing things in many cases.

... but that concept stuff is all "top level" stuff, and not detailed help. I suspect you are totally lost in both the top level concepts, and in the details.

I totally agree with you that its best to get "one on one" help from a friend to speed up your learning curve. This is true not only for Linux, but also MacIntosh, MS-Windows, VMS, etc ... ie for many OS.

But our forum is NOT structured for "one on one" help. We believe in sharing our trials and tribulations, so that others can learn from our mistakes. If you wish "quick" feedback, you could try joining the IRC Chat channel #suse (on freenode). Try to have a thick skin when there, as sometimes the patience of even the most patient user can run thin at times, when providing help.

That's a problem with many newbies, not with Linux. They switch to Linux and expect it to behave the exact same way as Windows. But if Linux did things like Windows, why switch in the first place? Linux is not a clone of Windows and thus has its own way of doing things. Many people who switch to Linux, as said, expect to find an OS that behaves like Windows and do not want to learn something new, hence for them saying that they cannot work with Linux and end up being frustrated. The thing is that when one switches to a different OS, there's always going to be some learning involved, no matter how easy the OS has been made

if anybody is willing to spend some 1on1 time with me to help me i would greatly appreciate it .[/b]

Tough one, that's why you have paid support in Linux. If you still haven't wiped out your SuSE this thread might help you,

http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/in...howtopic=65999

but it will require SOME EFFORT on your part.

Do read this article
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm

As oldcpu sugested, replace the mbr and then log into windows and format the partition.

Here is how:

open yast>>system>>boot loader>>other (drop-down menu)>>Restore MBR of Hard Disk>>Finish

This will cause windows to boot when you restart your computer then you can format that partition.

Good Luck.

Linux is easier to learn than windows because you can do things in more than one way. This is true. Windows restricts your command level of your system. Again, good luck!

This will cause windows to boot when you restart your computer then you can format that partition.[/b]

OP made no suggestion that his system is dual-boot, in fact requesting a clean windows install would suggest it no longer exists - trying to replace the MBR from within suse with that being the case would result in a non-booting system.

OP made no suggestion that his system is dual-boot, in fact requesting a clean windows install would suggest it no longer exists - trying to replace the MBR from within suse with that being the case would result in a non-booting system.
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The topic "Wiping Out Linux To Leave Windows Only" suggests dual boot though the poster does not specify as you have correctly stated.

You may have a point.

In fact you can't delete linux from your computer and still use it afterwards. It's forbidden.