Re-partitioning keeping windows

[Ole Andersen]

Hey all,
I'm currently running ubuntu on my netbook, and vista on my desktop.
Earlier i had an ubuntu installation alongside my vista, this has resaulted in my desktop making a countdown at booting. After the countdown it boots up vista.

So i'm aware that there still are som leftovers from my earlier umuntu adventures.... here is my objective:

I want to keep my vista installation intact, BUT i need to clear all earlier grub and ubuntu installations...and finally I want to install a fresh ubuntu 10.04.

How do you guys/girls suggest I approach my objectives?

[garvinrick4]

Hey all,
I'm currently running ubuntu on my netbook, and vista on my desktop.
Earlier i had an ubuntu installation alongside my vista, this has resaulted in my desktop making a countdown at booting. After the countdown it boots up vista.

So i'm aware that there still are som leftovers from my earlier umuntu adventures.... here is my objective:

I want to keep my vista installation intact, BUT i need to clear all earlier grub and ubuntu installations...and finally I want to install a fresh ubuntu 10.04.

How do you guys/girls suggest I approach my objectives?Was it a WUBI install?

[garvinrick4]

If not WUBI run this and post it. In linux install or live Cd

sudo fdisk -l (lower case L)

If a WUBI install go to command line of VISTA:

bcdeditIf there is a entry in there that says wubildr then you must remove it.

bcdedit delete {indentifier number in here, the one with wubildr}

[Ole Andersen]

Hi,
It's not a WUBI install, but at regular installation alongside vista.
To understand you correct...i need to insert and boot up a live cd og ubuntu (selecting: Run without changes to system)
And the typing "sudo fdisk -l" in a shell?

I'm not a super user....:)

[garvinrick4]

yes that will show your partitions, Windows and linux in sda1 sda2 sda3 so on.
sda numbers are the equivalent of C: D: E: and so on in Windows. Windows are formatted in NTFS or Data partitions in NTFS
because linux can read NTFS and so can Windows.

rick@rick-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for rick:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe7e8e0a0

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 26 203776 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 26 15985 128192511 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 15985 36006 160819192+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 36007 38913 23350477+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 21349 22814 11775645 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 15986 17387 11261533+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 17388 21348 31816701 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 22815 25394 20723818+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda9 25395 26707 10546641 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 26708 29385 21511003+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 29386 30683 10419200 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 30684 31992 10514511 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 31993 36006 32239616 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[Ole Andersen]

Thanks!! I will post the resault tonight.

[Ole Andersen]

Hi again,
please see below partition table.
How should i install ubuntu alongside vista, without damaging vista_

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x05a7d608

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 392 3147716 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 12749 30402 141796352 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 393 12748 99249570 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 393 12240 95169028+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 12241 12748 4080478+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[oldfred]

If you use manual install and choose sda5 as / (root) and it will automatically use existing swap. This will overwrite your current install and install a new copy of grub and grub boot loader to the MBR. Note that nothing is saved from Ubuntu, but your other partition with Vista will not be touched.

If you have any data in current partition that you want to save, be sure to back it up first. User settings and your files are in /home, system settings will be in files in /etc if you manually customized anything. You also can export a list of installed applications if you want to reinstall all the apps you currently have. If not just reinstall.

[Ole Andersen]

Thanks oldfred,

I took the chance last night and booted the live version of 10.04.
I used gparted and deleted the linux partitions, leaving my vista part unharmed, and ending up with som 149gb of free space.

Then i just installed 10.04 onto the free space, and i sems both grub and ubuntu is running perfect, alongside vista.

This morning i just powered on my desktop and i think one of my fans are broken - it made a horrible noise as if the bearing was "uneven"....

thank you both for the support.