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Topic: Can't Uninstall, How come I can't uninstall DSL?

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kylerwoods Offline

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Posted: Nov. 08 2007,22:00

Well, the windows worked fne on it before, but now it won't install. I can also open the CD once in linux, but it cannot open the .exe files, of course. Is there maybe a way i can just completely uninstall it without installing windows over it?

mikshaw

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Posted: Nov. 08 2007,23:54

As ^thehatsrule^ said, this isn't a DSL issue. Either your BIOS isn't set to boot from CD first, or your CD is defective or not bootable, or there is something wrong with your CD drive. DSL can't prevent you from booting a bootable CD if you tell your system you want it that way.

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Posted: Nov. 09 2007,01:08

If you want just want to remove DSL, you can just delete all the data.

But I just remembered something - if you have older equipment you may have to use a bootfloppy (or a compatible cd i.e. for DSL it would be syslinux).

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Posted: Nov. 09 2007,06:25

Ya, i've made sure that the CD drive is first ahead of the HD, and I know the CD drive is functional because i've used it many times to listen to music, etc. How would I go about deleting everything from it?