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echo: nthelp
to: Rich Holm
from: Chris Robinson
date: 2003-05-05 19:03:10
subject: Re: Is MS leaking longhorn?

From: "Chris Robinson" 

You could just use a tool like Overkill (posted in binaries a while ago)
- there're other ways to nuke the partition table too.

Chris.

On Sun, 04 May 2003 23:29:47 -0500, Rich Holm wrote:

>
> Yep, or use fdisk from a Linux distribution.  I've had to do that
> more than once.
>
> Cheers,
> Rich
>
>
>
> In article , georger{at}nls.net says...
>> Have you ever tried to remove NT to replace it with Win98? You have to blow
>> the partitions away with NT because win9x won't do it. I suspect the comment
>> was along those lines.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>> "Rich Holm" 
wrote in message
>> news:MPG.191e57d83d096e4498997c{at}news.barkto.com...
>> >
>> > Just blast the partition table.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Rich
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In article , georger{at}nls.net says...
>> > > I dunno, the comment said it "couldn't be
uninstalled" so I read that as
>> > > meaning you couldn't wipe it and install Linux.
>> > >
>> > > Geo.
>>
>>
>>

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