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<title xml:id="uninstall-Mageia-ti1">Uninstalling Mageia</title>
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<!--Lebarhon 2015-07-06 Not true with UEFI
Lebarhon 2016 12 16 this page should be deleted or rewritten.-->
<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 also gives you
the possibility to uninstall. This is not true for every operating
system.</para>
<para>After your data backup, reboot your Mageia installation DVD and select
<emphasis role="bold">Rescue system</emphasis>, then, <emphasis role="bold">Restore Windows boot loader</emphasis>. At the next boot, you
will only have Windows, with no option to choose your operating
system.</para>
<para>In Windows to recover the space used by Mageia partitions: click on
<code>Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer
Management -> Storage -> Disk Management</code>. You will recognize a
Mageia partition because they are labeled <guilabel>Unknown</guilabel>, and
also by their size and place on the disk. Right click on each of these
partitions and select <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> to free up the
space.</para>
<para>If you are using Windows 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 of the freed space. There are
other partitioning tools that can be used, such as <emphasis role="bold">gparted</emphasis>, available for both Windows and Linux. As
always, when changing partitions, be very careful to back up anything
important to you.</para>
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