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- <div class="section" title="Howto">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1247"></a>Howto
- </h3>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <p>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.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>After your data backup, reboot your installation Mageia DVD and select
- Rescue system, then, Restore Windows boot loader. At the next boot, you will
- only have Windows with no option to choose your operating system.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>To recover the space used by Mageia partitions on Windows, click on
- <code class="code">Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; Administrative Tools -&gt; Computer Management
- -&gt; Storage -&gt; Disk Management</code> to access to the partition
- management. You will recognize the Mageia partition because they are labeled
- <span class="guilabel">Unknown</span>, and also by their size and place in the
- disk. Right click on each of these partitions and select
- <span class="guibutton">Delete</span>. The space will be freed.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>If you are using Windows XP, you can create a new partition and format it
- (FAT32 or NTFS). It will get a partition letter.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>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 gparted, available for both
- windows and linux. As always, when changing partitions, be very careful, and
- make sure all important things have been backed up.
- </p>
-
- </div>
+
+
+ <p>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.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>After backing up your data, reboot your Mageia installation DVD and select
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>Rescue system</em></span>, then <span class="emphasis"><em>Restore Windows boot
+ loader</em></span>. At the next boot, you will only have Windows, with no
+ option to choose your Mageia operating system.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>In Windows, to recover the space used by Mageia partitions: click on
+ <span class="guimenu">Start</span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem">Control
+ Panel</span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem">Administrative Tools</span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem">Computer Management</span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem">Storage</span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem">Disk
+ Management</span>. You will recognise a Mageia
+ partition because they are labeled <code class="literal">Unknown</code>, and also by
+ their size and place on the disk. Right-click on each of these partitions
+ and select <span class="emphasis"><em>Delete</em></span> to free up the space.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>If you are using Windows XP, you can create a new partition and format it
+ (FAT32 or NTFS). It will then get a partition letter.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>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 <span class="bold"><strong>gparted</strong></span>, available for both Windows and Linux. As
+ always, when changing partitions, be very careful to back up anything
+ important to you.
+ </p>
</div>
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