How to remove linux partition

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 27 Mar 2010 at 9:47, Craig White wrote:

Subject:        	Re: How to remove linux partition
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> On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 00:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > I've not had to mess with Windows partitions much...but I don't recall
> > the Linux tools being much good at fiddling with NTFS.
> > 
> > It would be my suggestion to get a copy of "Partition Magic".  Its a
> > good Windows utility that can be had for a "good price" if you know
> > where to look. 
> ----
> you should probably remove Partition Magic from your recommended list of
> utilities since it is essentially:
> 
> - abandoned software 
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionMagic
> 
> - incapable of dealing with ext4
> 

I believe the original message said it was Fedora 11, which I believe didn't 
use ext4 or have it as an option.

> actually, the system tools in Linux are pretty good at dealing with NTFS
> these days. In reality, you can just 'format' a partition in Windows to
> repurpose it from Linux to Windows or use either the Windows or Linux
> versions of fdisk to remove Linux partitions.
> 

I've used the gparted with a number of live cds, and the ntfsprog do a very 
good job supporting ntfs. 

My G4L project has ntfsclone and supports ntfs, but no director resizing.

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