i neede to know how to change an operating system from linux to windows me

Take Windows ME install CD, insert into computer, restart computer, follow prompts. -Ryan Adams Free Computer Tips and more:http://RyanTAdams.com Paid Tech Support: Black Diamond

I do believe there may be a little more to it than that,,,, " However " it is still pretty simple, ( 1 ) download ,,,, Active Kill Disk ,,,, a cd disk ISO file is available ( 3-4 ) MB download,,,, burn to disk ,,,, This provides a low level format of the drive, Or ,,, You may download and use http://partedmagic.com/ otherwise,,, fdisk/mbr should also work, Other than that, the install should go smoothly,,, Just one question though,,, ???? Windows ME ???? Good God !!!! Why !!!!!!???? fedora 10 Windows XP , alot to learn and I know so little !!!!

Sorry Just had to ask ,,,, I just find that any version of linux would be much more stable than Windows ME,,,,, Learning Linux would be easier to deal with than having to deal with " Win ME " For starters,,, There are three paths to root access ,,, sudo su su - the su ( notice the space ) and then a hyphen should give the " true " root user environment ,,, Paths to the root user environment ( permissions for running the SH ( shell ) scripts can be added by simply editing the bash,,, shell scripting conf file,,,, There are many other tips and tricks to using linux... In terminal,,,, in order to prevent logging in as ROOT You would run the program from a root terminal ( instead of logging in as root to run the program ) Like su - password #nautilus ( press enter ) then,,, you would have full access for the files to edit ,, as root Or,, whatever program you would need to run as root you would run it that way,,, ( very few would need to be run that way,,, ) Disabling ssh,,,,,, or installing denyhosts, and fail2ban would also help in securing your linux installation,,, SOOOOO much to learn,,,, !!!!! Well in any case Have Fun Huh !!! fedora 10 Windows XP , alot to learn and I know so little !!!!

Although I don't use it anymore, I am (or was) one of the few fans of WinME. I heard so many bad things about it that & read up on all the "tips & tricks" & learned how to tame it. IMO, it's better than 98SE. As to your question about preparing the HDD for WinME, just boot off the WinME boot floppy & select "minimal boot", then at the A:\>, type FDISK & press ENTER. Press Y to enable large disk support, then press 4 to display the partition info. Once you know what type of partitons you have, press ESC to get back to the main menu, then press 3 & begin deleting the partitions. Once you have them all deleted, I suggest you exit FDSK which will bring you back to the A:/> prompt. At that ponit, type FDISK /MBR & press ENTER...that will wipe the master boot record. Reboot & run FDISK again...this time create one or more partitions. Then all you have to do is format the partitions & install Windows. For the installation, make sure you have less than 512MB RAM. You can add up to 512MB (or more) after the installation is complete but you will 1st have to edit the vcache settings in the system.ini file. The very 1st thing you should do after WinME is installed is disable System Restore & NEVER enable it again! Also, change the typical role from Desktop Computer to Network Server. And turn off all the eye candy. These few changes will make a HUGE difference in the way it performs.

I have never used WinME, and I have no reason to attempt to influence any one about which OS to use. I firmly believe that the best OS (or distribution) is the one that works best for the individual using it. My only concern is that WinME has passed its end-of-life (meaning that MS will no longer issue security patches or bug fixes). I am uncertain if there is even a repository of existing patches and updates available on their server(s). An Operating System with no security patches or bug fixes will be vulnerable to attack and as buggy as any OS when first released to the public. Even if you have managed to collect all the security patches and bug fixes for the OS, the computer may become more stable, and a bit less vulnerable to attack, but it is by no means secure. I strongly recommend against the use of any OS that has passed its end of life weather it be Windows, Linux, or any thing else you may want to run. If such an OS is used, the user is essentially asking to be attacked (and probably will be). My2Cents Ernie Registered Linux User 247790

Seems to me there was an oddity of partitions in linux that older MS os's might not be able to fix. If you put a lot of linux partitions on it would make a number on them that MS couldn't read. Forgot the fix. Might have to use linux to renumber something somewhere. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10