Deleting OS

**pzolbe** · 05-25-2006, 09:15 AM

I have my granddaugthers old(?) Dell Latitude C600 that has less than a six gig hard drive. The OS is Windows 2000. It was one of those machine the college she went to insisted she buy. I would like to play with it as a toy so to speak. How do I delete the OS in order to install a new OS. I would like to put in Linux. I have a disc with what is called Puppy Linux 1.0.8. Also have Fedora Core 5. I have never worked with Linux so this will be a new experience. So my request is: How (or should I) do I delete the existing OS and what are the steps to installing the new OS?

shuuhen · 05-27-2006, 12:28 PM

If you're ok with erasing everything on the hard drive, you can do this during the install process of Linux. Fedora probably has an easy and simple way of doing this. I've installed a distribution that, as far as I know, uses the same installer. Look at the install documentation and have a way to refer to it during the install process. You will be able to erase everything on the drive as soon as the installer asks you to partition the drive.

Puppy Linux should just run from the CD. Some live CD distributions do provide a way to install it to the hard drive, but I have not used Puppy Linux so I don't know what options it gives you.

dorts · 05-30-2006, 06:51 AM

I would actually recommend Ubuntu. I just started using it and I find it easy to use and good for a newbie like me. How much RAM is there?

**K-B** · 06-07-2006, 08:14 AM

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Suse, all good distros.

05-25-2006, 09:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
pzolbe I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 12 OS: vista	Deleting OS I have my granddaugthers old(?) Dell Latitude C600 that has less than a six gig hard drive. The OS is Windows 2000. It was one of those machine the college she went to insisted she buy. I would like to play with it as a toy so to speak. How do I delete the OS in order to install a new OS. I would like to put in Linux. I have a disc with what is called Puppy Linux 1.0.8. Also have Fedora Core 5. I have never worked with Linux so this will be a new experience. So my request is: How (or should I) do I delete the existing OS and what are the steps to installing the new OS?

06-07-2006, 08:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
K-B Moderator, Linux Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,878 OS: Vista, Ubuntu My System	Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Suse, all good distros. __________________

05-27-2006, 12:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 987 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	If you're ok with erasing everything on the hard drive, you can do this during the install process of Linux. Fedora probably has an easy and simple way of doing this. I've installed a distribution that, as far as I know, uses the same installer. Look at the install documentation and have a way to refer to it during the install process. You will be able to erase everything on the drive as soon as the installer asks you to partition the drive. Puppy Linux should just run from the CD. Some live CD distributions do provide a way to install it to the hard drive, but I have not used Puppy Linux so I don't know what options it gives you.

05-30-2006, 06:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
dorts Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,599 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	I would actually recommend Ubuntu. I just started using it and I find it easy to use and good for a newbie like me. How much RAM is there?