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gparted package

Remove Installed Partitions??

Asked by Keith Willis

I downloaded and installed? Ubuntu 10 from made CD.#
Tried installing and nothing seemed to change, even though completion message shown, so...
Re Installed again, still nothing happened on reboot..
I have since discovered that my 1.5TB USB drive, which was plugged in during the previous 2 installation attempts has been filled up with 2 Linux partions!!
If I boot from Live CD how can I safely get rid of these 2 Linux Partitions from my USB Drive and revert it to full use by Windows Vista, which only shows it as being 450MB, instead of 1.5TB!!
PLEASE HELP!!!
Thank You
Keith

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Boot your pc from the install cd and select to try Ubuntu
Then use gparted "partition editor" (menu System→Administration) to delete Linux ext3 or ext4 partitions and then still using gparted resize the NTFS partition

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Keith Willis (keith-willis) said : 		#2

Thanks, Deleted both partitions. I'm left with...
/dev/sdc1 ntfs 427.03 GiB Boot
/dev/sdc2 extended 970.24 GiB
    unallocated unallocated 970.24 GiB

When I cick on sdc1 and try to resize I cant make it bigger without Free Space pre or Free Space Following changing?
Should I be changing sdc2 from unallocated to something else ??
TIA
Keith

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please also delete the extended partition the try to resize the ntfs

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Keith Willis (keith-willis) said : 		#4

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.