Need Help Getting Windows XP to Run

[strick9]

I recently made the serious mistake of trying to load Linux on my hard drive as a dual boot system. It looks like I got the drive partitioned correctly and got the Linux program to install in its partitioned area. However, I could never boot up. I tried lots of things recommended by Linux users, but none helped. I've given up on Linux-too convoluted and arcane for normal users.

I'd like to remove these partitions and restore my hard drive to Windows only. I don't know how to do this. I have been able to get some Linux liveCD programs to load, but nothing else.

Fortunately, I backed up everything related to Windows on the C drive and even all of the D drive. These are on an external hard drive. However, I don't have a Windows CD to use for reinstallation (none came with my computer). I suspect that information is on the D drive but don't know how to access or use it. Also, the computer doesn't have a floppy drive.

I'd appreciate your suggestions for what to do. If I have to, I'd be willing to completely reinstall Windows, if I knew how. Of course, I'd rather be able to boot up into the current installation and then remove the Linux program and partition.

Thank you.

[mcb2001]

if you can get XP running, simply go to

start menu - programs - accesories - administration tools - computeradministration

OR

start menu - programs - administration tools - computeradministration

(might have to enable the tools, by right click on the task bar, select settings, select the tap "start menu", press the setup button, and then click the "show administration tools" check box)

Then when you got the computeradministration window up, select "storage" - then select disk handling (not the defrag, not the movable media).

Then each of your drives get listed.

Select the drive where you got the Linux partion, and at the bottom of the right windowpart, you will see all partions of the harddisk, now just format it...

In case you cant get windows to load, the best thing i can think of is getting a windows CD, Linux live CD or just anything that can boot.

Cause you need a operation system, to format a partion.

When you got it booted up, all operation system (read most, since some live CD's dont offer acces to local drives) offer some way of formation drives (including partions).

So what you need is just to format the partion, and posibly set the other partion to system/boot partion.