Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot
On 17/03/11 13:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I have a dual-boot machine - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. I'm looking to remove the Windows part but unfortunately the Ubuntun install is on an extended partition. Is there any way to convert that extended partition to the active partition, or do I have to reformat and re-install? http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/ Thnks for the responses - I mucked about a bit with GParted and got an unbootable system! (Dand Win 7!) So I just re-installed - I'd already backed up home :-) -- My Alternative Computing Blog http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot
That sort of thing is character building :) Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:59:40 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot
On 18/03/11 08:41, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: That sort of thing is character building :) But as is different from Windows, pretty quick and painless..:-) -- My Alternative Computing Blog http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot
I have a dual-boot machine - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. I'm looking to remove the Windows part but unfortunately the Ubuntun install is on an extended partition. Is there any way to convert that extended partition to the active partition, or do I have to reformat and re-install? -- My Alternative Computing Blog http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot
On 17 March 2011 13:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: I have a dual-boot machine - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. I'm looking to remove the Windows part but unfortunately the Ubuntun install is on an extended partition. Is there any way to convert that extended partition to the active partition, or do I have to reformat and re-install? -- You don't need to remove the extended partition. Linux is quite happy if the disk only has logical partitions inside a single extended partition. There is no requirement for a primary partition. If you really want to convert, you have to delete the extended partition and create a new primary partition. Otherwise, if there's room, you could reformat the ex-Windows partition and copy the Ubuntu partition into it, then delete the old Ubuntu partition and resize to make use of all the disk. HTH Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot
On 17/03/11 21:31, Neil Greenwood wrote: If you really want to convert, you have to delete the extended partition and create a new primary partition. Otherwise, if there's room, you could reformat the ex-Windows partition and copy the Ubuntu partition into it, then delete the old Ubuntu partition and resize to make use of all the disk. Not sure if it would work (i.e. I've not tried it myself) but I wonder if it would be possible to use GParted (maybe from an Ubuntu Desktop CD) to copy the contents of the logical partition to a primary partition? AFAIK an extended partition is pretty much fixed (that is you can't move it along the disk, so if it's say half way along the disk you can't move it down to the start of the disk) so copying the data into a primary partition might be a good idea. If you to attempt this though I'd suggest at least making a backup of your home directory (just in case). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
