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remove windows vista

Asked by t_robert

I installed Ubuntu Hardy from inside Windows Vista because I wasn't sure if I was going to like Ubuntu. After having used Ubuntu for a week, I fell in love with it. I have customized it and have installed quite a number of applications and updates. I don't think I'm ever using Vista again. My problem is I want to remove Vista from Ubuntu. Is that possible? I don't want to reformat the partition because I'd rather keep the current state of my Ubuntu. Is there any way to do this?

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Best Martijn Cielen (mcielen) said : 		#1

I'd advise to make a backup of your current Ubuntu system:

sudo su
cd /
tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /

copy backup.tgz to an external drive.
Now reinstall Ubuntu, and after installation run

sudo su
tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C /
mkdir proc
mkdir lost+found
mkdir mnt
mkdir sys

Next, don't forget to adapt your GRUB-config (see http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24113&highlight=grub+restore)

(thanks to Heliode (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087))

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t_robert (amoresunaramera) said : 		#2

Thanks Martijn Cielen, that solved my question.