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How *completely remove* Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before re-install?

Asked by Stanislaw Chalicki

After I 'upgraded' from 10.10 to 12.04 LTS, my wireless connection kept dropping. I was told that 10.10-to-12.04 LTS was not a good upgrade path, that I should have upgraded either sequentially or directly from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS.

Fine, so now I want to nuke 12.04 LTS completely and reinstall it clean, but can't find a way in either Ubuntu or Windows 7 (Home Premium) to do it. I tried setting up to boot from the 12.04 CD to find an uninstall option there, but my laptop won't obey, insists on booting from HD. Any help would be appreciated.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

Usually the BIOS allows to alter boot options.
http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom

Please follow 'Standard Installation' advises.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

> How *completely remove*

When it comes to partitioning, just format and create a new partition table for your needs.
***All remaining data will be gone.***
Make sure to have a plan ready about partitioning which avoids workarounds later.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/09/18/guide-to-disks-and-disk-partitions-in-linux/

https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-help/

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Murali Krishna (husband-of-deepu) said : 		#2

if you have a 12.04 disk, make the cd drive as the primary boot device in bios. or else make a bootable usb form the 12.04 image and boot from it. just install it as usual and follow on screen instructions. all existing data will be deleted. if in a doubt. choose to install it using the entire hard disk rather than partitioning. it will create its own partition table deleting everything on the disk.

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