Reformatting the laptop and using only Ubuntu

**johnnyxxxcakes** · July 2nd, 2008

I have two operating systems on this laptop (Windows Vista and Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron). The Windows part of the laptop has spyware and viruses that I've given up on trying to get rid of. I always use the Ubuntu part of my laptop now, but I set the installation to use only 8GB of space for the installation, and I guess that's acting as a "cap" maybe?

Well I just want to erase everythin on this laptop and install Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron as the laptop's operating system. Is there any way to go about doing this? The only CD I have is the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron RAR file that I downloaded off of their site, which I have burned to a CD. Will this help me in doing what I would like to do?

Thanks, you're help is much appreciated.

**mikewhatever** · July 2nd, 2008

Don't quite understand what's the question, especially since you've installed Ubuntu before, but anyway, just follow the guide here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

PS: It sounds highly improbable that Cnonical would use rar to distribute Ubuntu.

**avtolle** · July 2nd, 2008

Be sure that the iso (the RAR file as you refer to it) is burned to the CD as an image, and follow the link. If for some reason you didn't burn it as an image, then I'd suggest checking the md5sum of the iso before burning it again, and if you need to burn again, burn at a slow speed.

**johnnyxxxcakes** · July 2nd, 2008

Originally Posted by avtolle

Be sure that the iso (the RAR file as you refer to it) is burned to the CD as an image, and follow the link. If for some reason you didn't burn it as an image, then I'd suggest checking the md5sum of the iso before burning it again, and if you need to burn again, burn at a slow speed.

So do I want the file on the CD to be a single .iso file? Or multiple files on the disc?