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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/uninstall-Mageia.xml b/docs/installer/en/uninstall-Mageia.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8ff29a52 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/installer/en/uninstall-Mageia.xml @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<section version="5.0" xml:id="uninstall-Mageia" xml:lang="en" + xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" + xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" + xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" + xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> + <info> + <title xml:id="drakrpm-edit-media-ti1">Uninstall Media</title> + </info> + + <!-- --> + + <section> + <title xml:id="drakrpm-edit-media-columns">Howto</title> + + <para>If Mageia didn't convince you or you can't install it correctly, in + short you want get rid of it. That is your right and Mageia give you also + the possibility to be uninstalled. That is not true for every operating + system. </para> + + <para>After your data backup, reboot on your Mageia DVD and select Rescue + system, then, Restore Windows boot loader. At the next boot, you will only + have Windows without any menu to choose your operating system. </para> + + <para>To get back the place used by Mageia partitions on Windows, click on + <code>Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer + Management -> Storage -> Disk Management</code> to access to the + partition management. You will recognize the Mageia partition because they + are labeled <guilabel>Unknown</guilabel>, and also by there size and place + in the disk. Right click on one of these partitions and select + <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. The space will be freed. </para> + + <para>If you have XP, you can create a new partition and format it (FAT32 + or NTFS). It will get a partition letter. </para> + + <para>If you have Vista or 7, you have one more possibility, you can + extend the existing partition that is at the left hand of the free space. + It also exists in the shops or in the Internet, shareware, free or not, + that allows more possibilities for XP, Vista or 7 (Gparted for example). + That is at your own risk. </para> + </section> +</section> |