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Alley Oop
August 2nd, 2011, 12:09 AM
How do I perform a clean install of Ubuntu on a former Windows laptop?

I want to wipe the disk of Windows and install Ubuntu only.

Thanks!

YesWeCan
August 2nd, 2011, 02:46 AM
The Ubuntu installer has a "use entire disk" option.

jasonrisenburg
August 2nd, 2011, 04:39 AM
yeah just use untire space..;)

Alley Oop
August 2nd, 2011, 04:19 PM
Cool. Thanks so much for the answer.

Alley Oop
August 2nd, 2011, 04:21 PM
Oops.

I forgot to say that the machine will not have Windows on it. Windows has crashed and is unrecoverable. So I will need to reformat the drive first.

So I guess the question is, can Ubuntu install without Windows loaded? If so, how?

Thanks!

oldos2er
August 2nd, 2011, 04:45 PM
Ubuntu doesn't care what, if anything, is on the hard disk. Just boot the LiveCD and run the install with 'use entire disk' as others have said.