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/
