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Remove Ubuntu

Asked by anthony0261

I am currently running Windows XP and Ubuntu 7.10
I want to remove Ubuntu so I can install it in my external hard drive because I need the space on my internal hard drive.
Is there an easy way of doing this without the Windows CD and restoring the partition used in Ubuntu to my primary hard drive?

I have an 80 GB hard drive with the following partitions:
C: 20 GB
D: 30 GB
E: 18 GB
Ubuntu partition: 5 GB

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#1

Thanks for your question.

I am not sure if I understand you correctly. Do you want to "copy" your partition on the other drive, or is it ok to install it just from scratch?

In either case. I would probably just install first your new installation on the external drive. Then you can copy over the things you want to keep (i.e. your home directory) from the old partition after you have finished the installation.

After you are sure, you have nothing left on the old ubuntu partition you want to keep, you can use i.e Gparted to remove the partition on your internal drive. Detailed instructions are at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition

You can alternatively delete the ubuntu partition from Windows.

I think that pretty much does it.

Hope this helps.

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anthony0261 (aznanthony) said : 		#2

Thanks for the suggestion, it was the answer I was looking for.

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anthony0261 (aznanthony) said : 		#3

Thanks Ralph Janke, that solved my question.

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dinesh (sagaradhikari) said : 		#4

I had Windows XP in my computer but i wanted to try Ubuntu for a while so downloaded the desktop version 8.04. When i installing Ubuntu in my computer i selected the option that says use the entire disk space for installation and doing that it deleted my partition. I HAD EVERYTHING BACKED UP SO i thought it was not a problem for me to reinstall my windows back in from recovery disk. when i tried to install windows back to my computer from my recovery disk it gave me a error message saying that recovery cds does not support the pc format. i was stuck. i thought that my recovery disk could not read the Linux partition so i had a different windows cd, (only windows, not the recovery cds with lots of crap that pc company sends you when you first buy your cd.) i thought of using that cd to get windows back in to my pc. But i got the similar error message saying that "windows could not complete installation process, windows could not find the hard drive in in your computer, please make sure that you have your hard drive connected. Press F3 to quit installation." now i am stuck, so please someone help me to delete my LINUX partition so that i can have my windows back to my computer. I still have my UBUNTU running in my computer but i still need my windows. Your help will be appreciated.
Thank you
Dinesh.