Ovewriting Installation with Windows?

English Install/Boot/Login
1

Hey guys.

I was wondering if it’s possible to overwrite my Linux installation and partitions with a Windows installation?

openSUSE has been a pretty great operating system for me, especially for free, but I think it’s time for me to return to Windows until game development is better-suited for Windows.

Being that I am using openSUSE as my only OS, is it possible to overwrite the installation with Windows? Can I just pop the Windows Vista 64-bit OS installation CD in my PC upon booting, and install it from there; will it ovewrite Linux? Or should I format my HDDs and delete all partitions first and then go that route?

2

Yep,just boot from your windows disk & it will take over the whole disk if you want ( i think, haven’t used windows in 5-6 years :slight_smile: )

Andy

3

as windows needs a ntfs partition it considers your partition as unknown…

so it cannot install your windows on those linux partitions…

so you just insert your windows cd while booting than… after some sort of steps you can delete partitions and continue by formatting in ntfs/fat32 format as your wish

4

genius !!!
I think he wants to safe any data from the disk
;))))))))))))
so laugh, you are the best !!!
you are the big linux supporting comunity
all we hear about you, anf for support ;)))))))

5

can you describe “anf”

thanks for your comments…

im just trying to learn some thing by helping some

6

momofooze
anf = and :X

7

thats really your typing mistake…

once again thanks…

8

genius !!!
I think he wants to safe any data from the disk

I think this is unlikely as he says:

Or should I format my HDDs and delete all partitions first and then go that route?

Your sarcasm isn’t much help really.

9

any help is much appreciated than any sarcasm…

please help all the others in this forums…

they need it

10

Are you attacking me or something?

I’m asking for help…
Because I don’t know how I’ll be able to install Windows when there’s partitions for Linux in my HDDs.

11

If you boot off your windows installation CD/DVD you can use the “repair” facility to replace the Grub bootloader with the original windows bootloader.

* • Windows 2000/XP on the computer: Insert the XP/2000 installation disk and proceed to the final screen where you have the option to Repair Your Computer. Press "R" for Repair and log onto the Windows installation. When the command prompt appears, enter the command fixmbr. Confirm "yes" and you will receive confirmation of the reinstallation of Windows bootstrap code into the MBR. Enter exit and the computer will reboot.
* • Windows Vista on the computer: Insert the Vista installation disk and proceed to the final screen where you have the option to Repair Your Computer. Select Repair but do not opt for the automatic repair plus restart. Instead select Next and then select the Command Prompt. Enter bootrec.exe /FixMbr in the console and follow that with the command exit. Then select to reboot.

The quote is from here:
Boot Multiboot openSUSE Windows (2000, XP, Vista - any mix) with Windows bootloader.

Next time you are running windows you can use the windows partitioner to delete all the Linux partitions and free up the Linux space for windows. The windows partitioner is at Control Panel –> Classic view –> Administrative tools –> Computer Management –> Storage –> Disk Management

Good luck and remember when you’re ready to return to Linux, help is here :wink:

12

Sorry gm-egs, I missed this one:

so you just insert your windows cd while booting than… after some sort of steps you can delete partitions and continue by formatting in ntfs/fat32 format as your wish
Which is close to the mark. Delete all partitions with the vista installer and then let vista installer take it from there.

13

hello i didn’t mean any thing to you…

it was some one else’s post

please check the previous posts of this thread. you can understand better i think

14

**Please help!

Installation is not working because Windows isn’t detecting my hard drives because openSUSE Linux is already installed. I did not use GRUB or any bootloader to install the OS…

I need to somehow delete all partitions and format both of my hard drives which are currently in RAID 0 so I can install Windows.

How can I do this?
Please help!**

15

This is what I do…I use a Linux LiveCD (I usually use Ubuntu for this but openSuse will work too) and I use the partition manager found on the LiveCd. To install Windows you need a NFTS partition. So you edit all or one of your partitions and format it as a NTFS partition. After that, Windows will install.

16

How do I format the partitions!?
I’ve tried deleting all the partitions but I can’t do it because all my changes are lost when I try to abort installation! I don’t want Linux as my primary OS and I’m not using any bootloader…

Please help!!!

How the heck do I do this! I need to install Vista today and I can’t! I can’t edit/delete the partitions without installing Linux!? Wth!? I want to delete the partitions entirely as my VelociRaptor drives are VERY small and I don’t want any partitions period…I don’t know how to format them especially not into NTFS!

Please help! Isn’t there a command I can use that will do this so much easier and faster!? :frowning: I’m using LiveCD now and it doesn’t help!!!

17

I have a college project due soon and I just spent a hundred bucks on Vista please somebody help me! This PC is brand new too and costed me a fortune as well…my hard drives are set in RAID 0 and I think I see some of my settings in the partition manager, for example I see nvidia_ stuff which I don’t know if openSUSE made or what!

How do I delete my partitions so I can use my hard drives in RAID 0 with Windows!? Please help me!

18

Here’s a screenshot of my partition manager, tell me what to do from here please! :frowning:

http://www.imagespace.us/images/31rfj2hmkie5kmeh00c5_thumb.png](http://www.imagespace.us/viewer.php?file=31rfj2hmkie5kmeh00c5.png)

19

Yes it does. With the Live CD, open a terminal and enter the command

sudo fdisk /dev/sda

Once that is open, entering the “p” command will show you all the partitions on
your disk. For each of them, issue a “d” command. Redoing the “p” will show what
is left. Once they are all deleted, issue the “w” command. At that point, even
Windows will recognize that you have an unformatted disk and do the right thing.

20

Got this error:

linux@linux:~> sudo fdisk /dev/sda

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

sudo: fdisk: command not found
linux@linux:~>