[Techtalk] zapping xp

[Carla Schroder]

On Saturday 10 July 2004 5:56 am, ed orphan wrote:
> I've got a nice big hard drive, but it has
> been infected by this ugly thing called
> xp.  How do I purge this xp thing and
> end this nice hard drive's suffering?
> Does xp also infect the MBR? If so,
> will the old dos command remove it
> or will I have to get in there with a
> screw driver?
> Any advise would be welcome.
> "one less xp... one big step for humanity"
>  

Just install Linux. You'll delete/create partitions during the installation. 
Be sure to "let Linux manage booting your system", or however your particular 
distribution says it. You want your bootloader (LILO or GRUB) to install to 
the MBR (master boot record). 

It's quite easy, just let Linux do the work.

Or you could try Lysol.  :)
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