tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000315451233282197.post452113068480389776..comments2023-07-22T02:54:17.315-05:00Comments on operator: Installing windows on a laptop that had linuxMike Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942604571555687523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000315451233282197.post-85386790709675343962008-08-26T12:35:00.000-05:002008-08-26T12:35:00.000-05:00i think the maxblast util avail from maxtor and al...i think the maxblast util avail from maxtor and also on ultimate boot cd has an option to zero out the first 100 sectors or something. that should be enough to get windows recognize it as a fresh disk.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282884765918687252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000315451233282197.post-29664490382140298602008-05-15T16:42:00.000-05:002008-05-15T16:42:00.000-05:00Never found this problem (then again, I never swit...Never found this problem (then again, I never switch back TO windows - Eeek!) :-) But have you tried just running fdisk /dev/hda or whatever then deleting the partitions (d,d,d)? With an empty partition table it may not even try to examine your system configuration, even if the sectors are still there..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000315451233282197.post-41176846970861312052008-04-28T18:21:00.000-05:002008-04-28T18:21:00.000-05:00I haven't seen the exact behavior you're describin...I haven't seen the exact behavior you're describing, but I'd be willing to wager that Windows is trying to do something clever when reading the MBR, so when it sees your Grub or Lilo entry pointing to a Linux boot partition, it gets confused.Brian P O'Rourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945018891200270744noreply@blogger.com