Hey everyone,

I'm having a very nagging problem. I have an old desktop computer (486, ISA type) that originally came with Windows 95. I decided to install red hat linux 7.0 on it and replace windows completely. Even only in command-line its quite slow. So I wanted to put Windows back onto it.

Not thinking, I booted the computer with the restoration disk that came with the PC which reinstalls Windows and everything (without first removing all partitions). When it's all done, I reboot it and lilo is still there and tries to boot linux.

So I found a rescue linux distro, ran fdisk on it, and removed all partitions. I ran the restoration program again and created one FAT16 partition. It finishes, reboots, and somehow lilo is STILL there.

What's wrong??? The only partition listed is the FAT16 (from sectors 1-520 if it matters).

It said something else below it though, something about actual sectors and virtual sectors being different or something...I can't remember I'll check tomorrow or when I can.

-Mike