How do I get rid of Linux?

[HorseShoe]

Hey guys, so here is the scenario:

I just installed Ubuntu on a new 80gb SATA hard drive that I just bought just to check out linux and see how it runs. But the thing is that an 80gb just for that seems a bit ridiculous in retrospect, so I was just going to plan on installing it on an old 13gb hd that I have lying around.

I have a 120gb IDE hd as my main hd and I want to turn this 80gb into a slave drive for backing up, but I have no idea how to do that though 🙁.

Any ideas on how I can format the 80gb and turn it into a slave drive?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Windows should be able to format it.

 

[HorseShoe]

So should I just boot up with the windows xp cd and just use it to reformat the drive?

Isn't there a way to reformat the drive from my other 120gb drive itself?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: HorseShoe
So should I just boot up with the windows xp cd and just use it to reformat the drive?

Isn't there a way to reformat the drive from my other 120gb drive itself?

Put the 80GB drive in your system.

Boot into Windows as normal.

Use the Windows disk administration tools to format the disk.

Fill said disk with pr0n.

 

[HorseShoe]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: HorseShoe
So should I just boot up with the windows xp cd and just use it to reformat the drive?

Isn't there a way to reformat the drive from my other 120gb drive itself?

Put the 80GB drive in your system.

Boot into Windows as normal.

Use the Windows disk administration tools to format the disk.

Fill said disk with pr0n.

Hot Dam!

thats the most sensible thing I have heard on all of Anandtech forums 😀.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: HorseShoe
Hey guys, so here is the scenario:

I just installed Ubuntu on a new 80gb SATA hard drive that I just bought just to check out linux and see how it runs. But the thing is that an 80gb just for that seems a bit ridiculous in retrospect, so I was just going to plan on installing it on an old 13gb hd that I have lying around.

I have a 120gb IDE hd as my main hd and I want to turn this 80gb into a slave drive for backing up, but I have no idea how to do that though 🙁.

Any ideas on how I can format the 80gb and turn it into a slave drive?

Wow I never thought I would see the day where there were more people who knew how to install/run linux but didn't know a thing about FDISK (repartitioning) and how to format HDDs...

 

[HKSturboKID]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Wow I never thought I would see the day where there were more people who knew how to install/run linux but didn't know a thing about FDISK (repartitioning) and how to format HDDs...

The end is near.... 🙂

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Wow I never thought I would see the day where there were more people who knew how to install/run linux but didn't know a thing about FDISK (repartitioning) and how to format HDDs...

The end is near.... 🙂

question is, end of what!?

 

[HorseShoe]

lol actually I totally fogot I could format it 😛.

 

[bersl2]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Wow I never thought I would see the day where there were more people who knew how to install/run linux but didn't know a thing about FDISK (repartitioning) and how to format HDDs...

The end is near.... 🙂

question is, end of what!?

The Apocalypse-kind of end. :music: