I want to delete ubuntu 8.04 completely

[Millie da kidd]

I am not dual booting it with nothing.
Ubuntu 8.04 is the only operating system i have on my acer.
i want to delete it completely so i can use my acer system restore disk.
thank you in advance

[raul_]

You could use the Partitioner included in the Live CD to wipe out that partition, or just reinstall Windows and let it use the whole disk.

Why can't you use the Restore disk anyway?

[SarahKH]

The restore disk(s) should just wipe the drive and go at it again, including removing any trace of GRUB from the MBR.

However. On the off chance it doesn't, grab any form of LiveCD (like the Ubuntu one you might still have kicking around) and once booted fire up gparted.

In there just delete everything on either /dev/sda or /dev/hda (usually, double check that though, your machine could be weird), format as a single large FAT32 partition and set the boot flag; that should be sufficient to get even the dumbest restore CD going I'd have thought.

[wpshooter]

Get www.killdisk.com to WIPE it clean.

[philetus]

I still boot up with a floppy and go to fdisk.
Me and DOS,old.