Remove and install Linux Ubuntu

[MrCanuck]

Hi.

I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista, last year i got a copy of Linux Mandriva and put that on here, it dual boots to either vista or Mandriva.

I never used Mandriva much, and would now like to go to Ubuntu, since for me i like the look and feel of Ubuntu.

What i want to do is remove Mandriva, and then install ubutnu without messing up the boot loader (need to still have access to my vista files).

How would i go about doing this?

Thanks.

[merlinus]

You can install into your existing mandriva partitions. Even if there are problems with grub, it is easy to fix so you can access vista.

[MrCanuck]

Ok so just format the Mandriva partition and install Ubuntu on there?

In the install of Ubuntu are there any special settings i need to set?

[merlinus]

Ubuntu should find your existing mandriva partition, so you probably do not need to format it in advance. How much space do you have free?

[MrCanuck]

I believe i gave the Mandriva partition 10gb so lots of space.