how to remove vista from ubuntu

[drwolf]

i had recently installed ubuntu 8.10 along with vista ( dual boot ) and i like it a lot , now i am thinking to remove vista in order to get more space
do somebody know how to do so
thanks

[tpl]

"gparted" is good: you can either shrink vista down, or
delete the partitions it occupies: Bye-Bye

[drwolf]

but both of them are in same partition !

[Jonathan183]

Backup data first! then take a look here

[bigtomrodney]

but both of them are in same partition !

Did you install using the Wubi method so that Ubuntu is installed within Windows? In that case you are pretty much stuck, you cannot remove Vista. You can however run with a clean install if you're happy that your hardware is supported. You can even use Synaptic to make a list of the software you have installed to restore it to your new system - go to File > Generate Package Download Script. When you have your new system installed you can then use that script to download packages and get you a good bit closer to where you were.

[Jonathan183]

Did you install using the Wubi method so that Ubuntu is installed within Windows? In that case you are pretty much stuck, you cannot remove Vista.

Since install is on the same partition I assumed it's a wubi install - thought resizing the partition, create Linux partitions and then migrating the wubi install to Linux partitions ... which I think is on the link I posted.

[drwolf]

yes it was wubi install !!

[bigtomrodney]

Since install is on the same partition I assumed it's a wubi install - thought resizing the partition, create Linux partitions and then migrating the wubi install to Linux partitions ... which I think is on the link I posted.

I didn't clock that one Jonathan, that's sweet looking