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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 -> 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 <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
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