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On 26 Dec 1995, Ian McGinley wrote:

> How do I remove linux of a HD so that dos can recognise it? I have got to
> the point of just setting it up, but now I want to remove it. Can any one
> help?
> 
> --
>         Ian (Paranoia) McGinley              | "640Kb will do anyone..."
> E-Mail: paranoia@aardvark.apana.org.au       | Bill Gates, 1981
> E-Mail: mcgini5m@stmichaels.vic.edu.au       | Oh I'm sorry, did I break | 
> URL: http://aardvark.apana.org.au/~paranoia/ |  your concentration?      |
> 
> 
Hi! Ian.
If as you say, you remember the days when you simple couldn't afford an 
XT with 256K of memory, and full highth 10M HD cost U$800, you may 
remember the sleepless nights fighting the *stupid* commands and switches 
of DOS 2.11.(I still have a 360K disk with it).
Few days ago I joined the Linux group after removing *the most expensive 
computer virus* namely, Chicago, or Windows 95, or Windows 4.0, or DOS 7.0,
depending on which file you ask.
Of course as a novice to new system I felt comletely helpless, nothing 
made sense and few nights were spent before the screen. 
But I felt like 10 years ago, fighting the machine to perform to my 
orders and having the previous experience could appreciate what it was doing.
So do not put it to garbage yet.
Now to your question.
If you set your Linux on a drive together with DOS the FDISK.COM would 
remove a non-DOS partition which later you can assign as extended DOS 
recovering this space. Do a good backup, just in case. If you are using 
two HD drives, as I do, backup to the second drive, it is much faster 
than diskettes or tape.
Let me know how it went.
Have a happy new year.
Stanislaw.