Will you be able to boot from it? Can normal PC files be installed on the same partition (mp3s, jpegs, word docs, etc..) or would I have to have 2 partitions on it?

I m working with win xp sp2 os with 4 partitions of 320GB HDD and i want to install linux in the same system. is it work ?

I have SuSE Linux 10.1 installed along with Windows. Now I want to uninstall it. So can anyone tell me how i can uninstall it? I tried using the partitioner to delete all the partitions but the linux partition just like it is explained in the manual at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:How_to_Uninstall_Linux but its not working. I am getting an error message when I press the "Apply" button in the partitioner. So any other way to uninstall it? I cant use the Linux CD cause my CD Drive is not working.
Didn’t I mention that my CD-Drive is not working?

I just got a WDElements 500GB external hard drive. I’ve already partitioned it the way I want it with a 100GB partition intended for Linux in the front, followed by a 100GB "overflow" partition and a ~300GB Windows partition. Windows recognizes all of them as it should. (They’re all NTFS for now.)

When I try to install Linux, it won’t recognize my USB HD. It recognized my internal IDE HD and its partitions accurately, although it labeled the two partitions as HDA1 and HDA3. (I don’t know what happened to HDA2.)

Anyway, how can I get Linux Mandrake 7.0 to recognize the external hard drive?

I know one exists but that simple anti-virus software is built into most Debian-based systems but where would I be able to find a virus that will work on Debian etch 4.0? Probably pre-compiled or in a deb package for easy installation/use. The reason I want to do this is not to send a virus to a friend. It is so that I can test the security on a recent Linux project, codename: whiite. This is a distribution of Linux for the wii. It runs from the SD card on a secondary ext3 file-system that’s triggered from a boot.elf homebrew file on the primary fat partition. Both the partitions are on a special SD card that has been made for this purpose. It can run deb and other packages including pre-compiled applications. as long as they just use the terminal because a GUI such as KDE hasn’t been added yet although they’re currently working on X implementation. Also, what would be the after-effects of such a virus? I was just wondering even though I’m still going to try it myself anyways. I know it’s dangerous but whiite doesn’t actually effect the wii’s NAND memory because it’s run directly from the SD card. Yes it is based on wii code (it has to be in order for it to run on the wii), but it won’t do any permanent damage, at least I hope not.
Please don’t delete answers to my question. I asked it once before and it had two answers but when I went to see what they were, someone had reported/deleted/removed them.
I will not use this Debian virus for destructive purposes that could affect someone or the property of anyone other than myself.

I tried simply formatting the partitions holding Mandriva, but the boot screen when I restart my PC didn’t go away and then it didn’t boot at all. So I reinstalled Mandriva and everything’s back to normal. But I want to free the space used by Linux.
So how do I properly unistall it, including the Operating System Selection Screen. I believe its called bootloader. How do I get rid of it?

how to make a 3rd partition to be visible by both Linux and windows operating systems???
i have a hard disc of 80 gb on my laptop i made 3 partitions i created the first for my windows XP second for my Linux mandriva and third for my movies and music etc…

i want to make the third partition visible on both operating systems
in terminal on Linux its already visible, when i enter " ls /mount/f " it shows all the files that i was using on my windows, with help of a friend but he doesn’t know how to make visible on the "computer" part in Linux.
i reformatted the third partition from NTFS to FAT32 as i have read in multiple forums but now how do i activate it ?
the partition where windows is installed is C: or sda1, Linux is installed on the D: or sda5 and the partition that i want both operating systems to use is on E: or sda6

if anyone can give me any advise i would be very grateful !
yours Amir

I want to do a net install for Debian Linux 5.0. However, I don't want to damage, corrupt, etc. my current Windows Vista installation. I'm assuming I'm going to have them on 2 different partitions, though I have no idea on how to install.

I would like to install either linux or mandrake linux and windows xp on the same HDD. I would prefer mandrake linux considering I dont need a partitioning software to do this. But which OS do I need to install first?
ok so if I install xp first will linux still allow it to partition the drive so that I have 2 partitions instead of 1? Right now I have 1 with xp. was hoping so not have to use partition magic or anything. I read that linux will actually do this for you when installing (mandrake version only i think). my other question is what is the difference between mandrake and the original linux OS? if any at all. I want to use linux for the free software and security but want to keep windows to still be able to play my games, and use my camera and ipod. not sure if mandrake and linux are the same thing or not I just heard about it today.
I havent installed either yet because im going to do this on my old computer first. I have also used linux be4 I just have never put 2 OS's on 1 HDD